[PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit()
Dexuan Cui
decui at microsoft.com
Tue Apr 28 02:57:12 UTC 2015
> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel [mailto:driverdev-devel-bounces at linuxdriverproject.org] On
> Behalf Of K. Y. Srinivasan
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:15
> To: davem at davemloft.net; netdev at vger.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel at vger.kernel.org; devel at linuxdriverproject.org; olaf at aepfle.de;
> apw at canonical.com; jasowang at redhat.com
> Subject: [PATCH net 1/1] hv_netvsc: Fix a bug in netvsc_start_xmit()
>
> Commit commit b08cc79155fc26d0d112b1470d1ece5034651a4b
> eliminated memory
> allocation in the packet send path. This commit introduced a bug since it
> did not account for the case if the skb was cloned. Fix this bug by
> using the pre-reserved head room only if the skb is not cloned.
>
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys at microsoft.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> index a3a9d38..7eb0251 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> @@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ check_size:
>
> pkt_sz = sizeof(struct hv_netvsc_packet) + RNDIS_AND_PPI_SIZE;
>
> - if (head_room < pkt_sz) {
> + if (skb->cloned || head_room < pkt_sz) {
> packet = kmalloc(pkt_sz, GFP_ATOMIC);
> if (!packet) {
> /* out of memory, drop packet */
> --
Without the patch, the guest can panic due to memory corruption.
I confirm the patch can fix the panic I saw.
Tested-by: Dexuan Cui <decui at microsoft.com>
Thanks,
-- Dexuan
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