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    net: Fix possible race in peernet2id_alloc() · 0c06bea9
    Kirill Tkhai 提交于
    peernet2id_alloc() is racy without rtnl_lock() as refcount_read(&peer->count)
    under net->nsid_lock does not guarantee, peer is alive:
    
    rcu_read_lock()
    peernet2id_alloc()                            ..
      spin_lock_bh(&net->nsid_lock)               ..
      refcount_read(&peer->count) (!= 0)          ..
      ..                                          put_net()
      ..                                            cleanup_net()
      ..                                              for_each_net(tmp)
      ..                                                spin_lock_bh(&tmp->nsid_lock)
      ..                                                __peernet2id(tmp, net) == -1
      ..                                                    ..
      ..                                                    ..
        __peernet2id_alloc(alloc == true)                   ..
      ..                                                    ..
    rcu_read_unlock()                                       ..
    ..                                                synchronize_rcu()
    ..                                                kmem_cache_free(net)
    
    After the above situation, net::netns_id contains id pointing to freed memory,
    and any other dereferencing by the id will operate with this freed memory.
    
    Currently, peernet2id_alloc() is used under rtnl_lock() everywhere except
    ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(), and this race can't occur. But peernet2id_alloc()
    is generic interface, and better we fix it before someone really starts
    use it in wrong context.
    
    v2: Don't place refcount_read(&net->count) under net->nsid_lock
        as suggested by Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>
    v3: Rebase on top of net-next
    Signed-off-by: NKirill Tkhai <ktkhai@virtuozzo.com>
    Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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