The tt_req_node is added and removed from a list inside a spinlock. But the locking is sometimes removed even when the object is still referenced and will be used later via this reference. For example batadv_send_tt_request can create a new tt_req_node (including add to a list) and later re-acquires the lock to remove it from the list and to free it. But at this time another context could have already removed this tt_req_node from the list and freed it. CPU#0 batadv_batman_skb_recv from net_device 0 -> batadv_iv_ogm_receive -> batadv_iv_ogm_process -> batadv_iv_ogm_process_per_outif -> batadv_tvlv_ogm_receive -> batadv_tvlv_ogm_receive -> batadv_tvlv_containers_process -> batadv_tvlv_call_handler -> batadv_tt_tvlv_ogm_handler_v1 -> batadv_tt_update_orig -> batadv_send_tt_request -> batadv_tt_req_node_new spin_lock(...) allocates new tt_req_node and adds it to list spin_unlock(...) return tt_req_node CPU#1 batadv_batman_skb_recv from net_device 1 -> batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv -> batadv_tvlv_containers_process -> batadv_tvlv_call_handler -> batadv_tt_tvlv_unicast_handler_v1 -> batadv_handle_tt_response spin_lock(...) tt_req_node gets removed from list and is freed spin_unlock(...) CPU#0 <- returned to batadv_send_tt_request spin_lock(...) tt_req_node gets removed from list and is freed MEMORY CORRUPTION/SEGFAULT/... spin_unlock(...) This can only be solved via reference counting to allow multiple contexts to handle the list manipulation while making sure that only the last context holding a reference will free the object. Fixes: cea194d90b11 ("batman-adv: improved client announcement mechanism") Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann &lt;sven(a)narfation.org&gt; Tested-by: Martin Weinelt &lt;martin(a)darmstadt.freifunk.net&gt; --- v3: - add wrapper function batadv_tt_req_node_put for kref_put(....) v2: - fixed list->object in commit message - add example what could have gone wrong in commit message --- net/batman-adv/translation-table.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- net/batman-adv/types.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c index 48adb91..5234e53 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c +++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c @@ -2272,6 +2272,29 @@ static u32 batadv_tt_local_crc(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, return crc; } +/** + * batadv_tt_req_node_release - free tt_req node entry + * @ref: kref pointer of the tt req_node entry + */ +static void batadv_tt_req_node_release(struct kref *ref) +{ + struct batadv_tt_req_node *tt_req_node; + + tt_req_node = container_of(ref, struct batadv_tt_req_node, refcount); + + kfree(tt_req_node); +} + +/** + * batadv_tt_req_node_put - decrement the tt_req_node refcounter and + * possibly release it + * @tt_req_node: tt_req_node to be free'd + */ +static void batadv_tt_req_node_put(struct batadv_tt_req_node *tt_req_node) +{ + kref_put(&tt_req_node->refcount, batadv_tt_req_node_release); +} + static void batadv_tt_req_list_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv) { struct batadv_tt_req_node *node; @@ -2281,7 +2304,7 @@ static void batadv_tt_req_list_free(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv) hlist_for_each_entry_safe(node, safe, &bat_priv->tt.req_list, list) { hlist_del_init(&node->list); - kfree(node); + batadv_tt_req_node_put(node); } spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.req_list_lock); @@ -2318,7 +2341,7 @@ static void batadv_tt_req_purge(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv) if (batadv_has_timed_out(node->issued_at, BATADV_TT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)) { hlist_del_init(&node->list); - kfree(node); + batadv_tt_req_node_put(node); } } spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.req_list_lock); @@ -2350,9 +2373,11 @@ batadv_tt_req_node_new(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, if (!tt_req_node) goto unlock; + kref_init(&tt_req_node->refcount); ether_addr_copy(tt_req_node->addr, orig_node->orig); tt_req_node->issued_at = jiffies; + kref_get(&tt_req_node->refcount); hlist_add_head(&tt_req_node->list, &bat_priv->tt.req_list); unlock: spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.req_list_lock); @@ -2619,9 +2644,13 @@ out: spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.req_list_lock); /* hlist_del_init() verifies tt_req_node still is in the list */ hlist_del_init(&tt_req_node->list); + batadv_tt_req_node_put(tt_req_node); spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.req_list_lock); - kfree(tt_req_node); } + + if (tt_req_node) + batadv_tt_req_node_put(tt_req_node); + kfree(tvlv_tt_data); return ret; } @@ -3057,7 +3086,7 @@ static void batadv_handle_tt_response(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv, if (!batadv_compare_eth(node->addr, resp_src)) continue; hlist_del_init(&node->list); - kfree(node); + batadv_tt_req_node_put(node); } spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tt.req_list_lock); diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h index 1e47fbe..d75beef 100644 --- a/net/batman-adv/types.h +++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h @@ -1129,11 +1129,13 @@ struct batadv_tt_change_node { * struct batadv_tt_req_node - data to keep track of the tt requests in flight * @addr: mac address address of the originator this request was sent to * @issued_at: timestamp used for purging stale tt requests + * @refcount: number of contexts the object is used by * @list: list node for batadv_priv_tt::req_list */ struct batadv_tt_req_node { u8 addr[ETH_ALEN]; unsigned long issued_at; + struct kref refcount; struct hlist_node list; }; -- 2.8.1