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authorDean Jenkins2017-08-07 09:50:14 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller2017-08-07 10:10:19 -0700
commit22889dbbd98a0e3390e9120074c39c6e5a3fea5e (patch)
treec39bb8673bb205b0a073a33f29d3fbcca4a890ef
parentf9ea3225ddafa269cf1f6b495d132c26fde93903 (diff)
asix: Add rx->ax_skb = NULL after usbnet_skb_return()
In asix_rx_fixup_internal() there is a risk that rx->ax_skb gets reused after passing the Ethernet frame into the network stack via usbnet_skb_return(). The risks include: a) asynchronously freeing rx->ax_skb after passing the netdev buffer to the NAPI layer which might corrupt the backlog queue. b) erroneously reusing rx->ax_skb such as calling skb_put_data() multiple times which causes writing off the end of the netdev buffer. Therefore add a defensive rx->ax_skb = NULL after usbnet_skb_return() so that it is not possible to free rx->ax_skb or to apply skb_put_data() too many times. Signed-off-by: Dean Jenkins <Dean_Jenkins@mentor.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
-rw-r--r--drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
index 7847436c441e..6983b6bd8cf9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/asix_common.c
@@ -168,8 +168,10 @@ int asix_rx_fixup_internal(struct usbnet *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
if (rx->ax_skb) {
skb_put_data(rx->ax_skb, skb->data + offset,
copy_length);
- if (!rx->remaining)
+ if (!rx->remaining) {
usbnet_skb_return(dev, rx->ax_skb);
+ rx->ax_skb = NULL;
+ }
}
offset += (copy_length + 1) & 0xfffe;