[PATCH 3.18 29/29] net/nfc: Avoid stalls when nfc_alloc_send_skb() returned NULL.

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Jul 20 2018 - 08:26:20 EST


3.18-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 3bc53be9db21040b5d2de4d455f023c8c494aa68 upstream.

syzbot is reporting stalls at nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() [1]. This is
because nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame() is retrying the loop without any delay
when nonblocking nfc_alloc_send_skb() returned NULL.

Since there is no need to use MSG_DONTWAIT if we retry until
sock_alloc_send_pskb() succeeds, let's use blocking call.
Also, in case an unexpected error occurred, let's break the loop
if blocking nfc_alloc_send_skb() failed.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=4a131cc571c3733e0eff6bc673f4e36ae48f19c6

Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+d29d18215e477cfbfbdd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
net/nfc/llcp_commands.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp_commands.c
@@ -752,11 +752,14 @@ int nfc_llcp_send_ui_frame(struct nfc_ll
pr_debug("Fragment %zd bytes remaining %zd",
frag_len, remaining_len);

- pdu = nfc_alloc_send_skb(sock->dev, &sock->sk, MSG_DONTWAIT,
+ pdu = nfc_alloc_send_skb(sock->dev, &sock->sk, 0,
frag_len + LLCP_HEADER_SIZE, &err);
if (pdu == NULL) {
- pr_err("Could not allocate PDU\n");
- continue;
+ pr_err("Could not allocate PDU (error=%d)\n", err);
+ len -= remaining_len;
+ if (len == 0)
+ len = err;
+ break;
}

pdu = llcp_add_header(pdu, dsap, ssap, LLCP_PDU_UI);