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SubjectRe: [PATCH] flow_dissector: prevent NULL pointer dereference in __skb_flow_dissect
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On 3/21/24 13:57, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 10:36:53AM CET, abelova@astralinux.ru wrote:
>>
>>
>> 20/03/24 16:38, Jiri Pirko пишет:
>>> Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 01:56:35PM CET, abelova@astralinux.ru wrote:
>>>> skb is an optional parameter, so it may be NULL.
>>>> Add check defore dereference in eth_hdr.
>>>>
>>>> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>>> Either drop this line which provides no value, or attach a link to the
>>> actual report.
>>>
>>
>> It is an established practice for our project. You can find 700+ applied
>> patches with similar line:
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/?qt=grep&q=linuxtesting.org
>
> Okay. So would it be possible to attach a link to the actual report?
>
>>
>>
>>>> Fixes: 67a900cc0436 ("flow_dissector: introduce support for Ethernet addresses")
>>> This looks incorrect. I believe that this is the offending commit:
>>> commit 690e36e726d00d2528bc569809048adf61550d80
>>> Author: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
>>> Date: Sat Aug 23 12:13:41 2014 -0700
>>>
>>> net: Allow raw buffers to be passed into the flow dissector.
>>>
>>
>> Got it.

Looks like it's a static checker, there is no actual bug report or kernel oops/crash

>>
>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Anastasia Belova <abelova@astralinux.ru>
>>>> ---
>>>> net/core/flow_dissector.c | 2 +-
>>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>>>> index 272f09251343..05db3a8aa771 100644
>>>> --- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>>>> +++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
>>>> @@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@ bool __skb_flow_dissect(const struct net *net,
>>>> rcu_read_unlock();
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> - if (dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
>>>> + if (skb && dissector_uses_key(flow_dissector,
>>>> FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS)) {
>>>> struct ethhdr *eth = eth_hdr(skb);
>>>> struct flow_dissector_key_eth_addrs *key_eth_addrs;
>>> Looks like FLOW_DISSECT_RET_OUT_BAD should be returned in case the
>>> FLOW_DISSECTOR_KEY_ETH_ADDRS are selected and there is no skb, no?
>>
>> I agree, I'll send the second version.
>>
>> Anastasia Belova
>>
>

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