__skb_flow_dissect can be called with a skb or a data packet, either
can be NULL. All calls seems to have been moved to __skb_header_pointer
except the pptp handling which is still calling skb_header_pointer.
skb_header_pointer will use skb->data and thus:
[ 109.556866] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
0000000000000080
[ 109.557102] IP: [<ffffffff88dc02f8>] __skb_flow_dissect+0xa88/0xce0
[ 109.557263] PGD 0
[ 109.557338]
[ 109.557484] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[ 109.557562] Modules linked in: chaoskey
[ 109.557783] CPU: 2 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/2 Not tainted 4.9.0 #79
[ 109.557867] Hardware name: Supermicro A1SRM-LN7F/LN5F/A1SRM-LN7F-2758, BIOS
1.0c 11/04/2015
[ 109.557957] task: ffff94085c27bc00 task.stack: ffffb745c0068000
[ 109.558041] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88dc02f8>] [<ffffffff88dc02f8>]
__skb_flow_dissect+0xa88/0xce0
[ 109.558203] RSP: 0018:ffff94087fc83d40 EFLAGS: 00010206
[ 109.558286] RAX: 0000000000000130 RBX: ffffffff8975bf80 RCX: ffff94084fab6800
[ 109.558373] RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: 000000000000000c RDI: 0000000000000000
[ 109.558460] RBP: 0000000000000b88 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000022
[ 109.558547] R10: 0000000000000008 R11: ffff94087fc83e04 R12: 0000000000000000
[ 109.558763] R13: ffff94084fab6800 R14: ffff94087fc83e04 R15: 000000000000002f
[ 109.558979] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff94087fc80000(0000)
knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 109.559326] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 109.559539] CR2: 0000000000000080 CR3: 0000000281809000 CR4: 00000000001026e0
[ 109.559753] Stack:
[ 109.559957] 000000000000000c ffff94084fab6822 0000000000000001
ffff94085c2b5fc0
[ 109.560578] 0000000000000001 0000000000002000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000
[ 109.561200] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
0000000000000000
[ 109.561820] Call Trace:
[ 109.562027] <IRQ>
[ 109.562108] [<ffffffff88dfb4fa>] ? eth_get_headlen+0x7a/0xf0
[ 109.562522] [<ffffffff88c5a35a>] ? igb_poll+0x96a/0xe80
[ 109.562737] [<ffffffff88dc912b>] ? net_rx_action+0x20b/0x350
[ 109.562953] [<ffffffff88546d68>] ? __do_softirq+0xe8/0x280
[ 109.563169] [<ffffffff8854704a>] ? irq_exit+0xaa/0xb0
[ 109.563382] [<ffffffff8847229b>] ? do_IRQ+0x4b/0xc0
[ 109.563597] [<ffffffff8902d4ff>] ? common_interrupt+0x7f/0x7f
[ 109.563810] <EOI>
[ 109.563890] [<ffffffff88d57530>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x130/0x2c0
[ 109.564304] [<ffffffff88d57520>] ? cpuidle_enter_state+0x120/0x2c0
[ 109.564520] [<ffffffff8857eacf>] ? cpu_startup_entry+0x19f/0x1f0
[ 109.564737] [<ffffffff8848d55a>] ? start_secondary+0x12a/0x140
[ 109.564950] Code: 83 e2 20 a8 80 0f 84 60 01 00 00 c7 04 24 08 00
00 00 66 85 d2 0f 84 be fe ff ff e9 69 fe ff ff 8b 34 24 89 f2 83 c2
04 66 85 c0 <41> 8b 84 24 80 00 00 00 0f 49 d6 41 8d 31 01 d6 41 2b 84
24 84
[ 109.569959] RIP [<ffffffff88dc02f8>] __skb_flow_dissect+0xa88/0xce0
[ 109.570245] RSP <ffff94087fc83d40>
[ 109.570453] CR2: 0000000000000080
---
Signed-off-by: Ian Kumlien <ian.kuml...@gmail.com>
---
net/core/flow_dissector.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/core/flow_dissector.c b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
index c6d8207ffa7e..32e4e0158846 100644
--- a/net/core/flow_dissector.c
+++ b/net/core/flow_dissector.c
@@ -445,8 +445,9 @@ bool __skb_flow_dissect(const struct sk_buff *skb,
if (hdr->flags & GRE_ACK)
offset += sizeof(((struct pptp_gre_header
*)0)->ack);
- ppp_hdr = skb_header_pointer(skb, nhoff + offset,
- sizeof(_ppp_hdr),
_ppp_hdr);
+ ppp_hdr = __skb_header_pointer(skb, nhoff + offset,
+ sizeof(_ppp_hdr),
+ data, hlen, _ppp_hdr);
if (!ppp_hdr)
goto out_bad;
--
2.11.0
