> Subject: Re: RE: [PATCH] infiniband/i40iw: Fix a use after free in
> i40iw_cm_event_handler
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----原始邮件-----
> > 发件人: "Saleem, Shiraz" <shiraz.sal...@intel.com>
> > 发送时间: 2021-03-12 09:13:39 (星期五)
> > 收件人: "Jason Gunthorpe" <j...@nvidia.com>, "Lv Yunlong"
> > <lyl2...@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
> > 抄送: "Latif, Faisal" <faisal.la...@intel.com>, "dledf...@redhat.com"
> > <dledf...@redhat.com>, "linux-r...@vger.kernel.org"
> > <linux-r...@vger.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org"
> > <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> > 主题: RE: [PATCH] infiniband/i40iw: Fix a use after free in
> > i40iw_cm_event_handler
> >
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] infiniband/i40iw: Fix a use after free in
> > > i40iw_cm_event_handler
> > >
> > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 07:14:14PM -0800, Lv Yunlong wrote:
> > > > In the case of I40IW_CM_EVENT_ABORTED, i40iw_event_connect_error()
> > > > could be called to free the event->cm_node. However,
> > > > event->cm_node will be used after and cause use after free. It
> > > > needs to add flags to inform that event->cm_node has been freed.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Lv Yunlong <lyl2...@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
> > > > ---
> > > >  drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_cm.c | 5 ++++-
> > > >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > This might be OK (though I don't like the free variable), Shiraz??
> > >
> >
> > How was this reproduced? Do you have some call trace leading up to use after
> free?
> >
> > The cm_node refcnt is bumped at creation time and once in i40iw_receive_ilq
> before packet is processed.
> > That should protect the cm_node from disappearing in the event handler in 
> > the
> abort event case.
> > The dec at end of i40iw_receive ilq should be point where the cm_node is 
> > freed
> specifically in the abort case.
> >
> > Shiraz
> >
> 
> This problem was reported by a path-sensitive analyzer developed by our 
> Security
> Lab(Loccs).
> The analyzer reported that there is a feasible path to free event->cm_node 
> and use
> it after, and that is what i described in the first commit.
> 

OK. I don’t think that an extra dec refcnt in itself for the abort case is 
enough evidence to
say that the cm_node is freed in i40iw_event_connect_error.

Shiraz

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