On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 01:50:26PM +0200, Dag Moxnes wrote:
> Use the neighbour lock when copying the MAC address from the neighbour
> data struct in dst_fetch_ha.
>
> When not using the lock, it is possible for the function to race with
> neigh_update(), causing it to copy an torn MAC address:
>
> rdma_resolve_addr()
> rdma_resolve_ip()
> addr_resolve()
> addr_resolve_neigh()
> fetch_ha()
> dst_fetch_ha()
> memcpy(dev_addr->dst_dev_addr, n->ha, MAX_ADDR_LEN)
>
> and
>
> net_ioctl()
> arp_ioctl()
> arp_rec_delete()
> arp_invalidate()
> neigh_update()
> __neigh_update()
> memcpy(&neigh->ha, lladdr, dev->addr_len)
>
> It is possible to provoke this error by calling rdma_resolve_addr() in a
> tight loop, while deleting the corresponding ARP entry in another tight
> loop.
>
> Fixes: 51d45974515c ("infiniband: addr: Consolidate code to fetch neighbour
> hardware address from dst.")
> Signed-off-by: Dag Moxnes <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Parav Pandit <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/core/addr.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Applied to for-next, thanks
Jason
