Re: [PATCH] net/smc: Fix possible leaked pernet namespace in smc_init()

[Tony Lu]

On Tue, Nov 01, 2022 at 05:37:22PM +0800, Chen Zhongjin wrote:
> In smc_init(), register_pernet_subsys(&smc_net_stat_ops) is called
> without any error handling.
> If it fails, registering of &smc_net_ops won't be reverted.
> And if smc_nl_init() fails, &smc_net_stat_ops itself won't be reverted.
> 
> This leaves wild ops in subsystem linkedlist and when another module
> tries to call register_pernet_operations() it triggers page fault:
> 
> BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff81b964c
> RIP: 0010:register_pernet_operations+0x1b9/0x5f0
> Call Trace:
>   <TASK>
>   register_pernet_subsys+0x29/0x40
>   ebtables_init+0x58/0x1000 [ebtables]
>   ...
> 
> Fixes: 194730a9beb5 ("net/smc: Make SMC statistics network namespace aware")
> Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch looks good to me. 

The subject of this patch should be in net, the prefix tag is missed.

Reviewed-by: Tony Lu <tonylu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  net/smc/af_smc.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
> index 3ccbf3c201cd..e12d4fa5aece 100644
> --- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
> +++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
> @@ -3380,14 +3380,14 @@ static int __init smc_init(void)
>  
>  	rc = register_pernet_subsys(&smc_net_stat_ops);
>  	if (rc)
> -		return rc;
> +		goto out_pernet_subsys;
>  
>  	smc_ism_init();
>  	smc_clc_init();
>  
>  	rc = smc_nl_init();
>  	if (rc)
> -		goto out_pernet_subsys;
> +		goto out_pernet_subsys_stat;
>  
>  	rc = smc_pnet_init();
>  	if (rc)
> @@ -3480,6 +3480,8 @@ static int __init smc_init(void)
>  	smc_pnet_exit();
>  out_nl:
>  	smc_nl_exit();
> +out_pernet_subsys_stat:
> +	unregister_pernet_subsys(&smc_net_stat_ops);
>  out_pernet_subsys:
>  	unregister_pernet_subsys(&smc_net_ops);
>  
> -- 
> 2.17.1