[PATCH net] net: set default network namespace in init_dummy_netdev()

From: Josh Elsasser
Date: Sat Jan 26 2019 - 17:40:20 EST


Assign a default net namespace to netdevs created by init_dummy_netdev().
Fixes a NULL pointer dereference caused by busy-polling a socket bound to
an iwlwifi wireless device, which bumps the per-net BUSYPOLLRXPACKETS stat
if napi_poll() received packets:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000190
IP: napi_busy_loop+0xd6/0x200
Call Trace:
sock_poll+0x5e/0x80
do_sys_poll+0x324/0x5a0
SyS_poll+0x6c/0xf0
do_syscall_64+0x6b/0x1f0
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x3d/0xa2

Fixes: 7db6b048da3b ("net: Commonize busy polling code to focus on napi_id instead of socket")
Signed-off-by: Josh Elsasser <jelsasser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/core/dev.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 82f20022259d..d1043d49979c 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -8712,7 +8712,9 @@ int init_dummy_netdev(struct net_device *dev)
set_bit(__LINK_STATE_PRESENT, &dev->state);
set_bit(__LINK_STATE_START, &dev->state);

+ /* napi_busy_loop stats accounting wants this */
+ dev_net_set(dev, &init_net);
+
/* Note : We dont allocate pcpu_refcnt for dummy devices,
* because users of this 'device' dont need to change
* its refcount.
--
2.19.1