kernel/tcp-don-t-change-unlocked-socket-state-in-tcp_v4_err.patch
Chuck Ebbert c5251bc7fb TCP networking fixes from 2.6.36.3, including one CVE
CVE-2010-4165: possible kernel oops from user MSS
2011-01-26 09:58:08 -05:00

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From 34eef919139f6a7558b43576b12b40731f12f7d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 13:35:00 -0800
Subject: tcp: Don't change unlocked socket state in tcp_v4_err().
From: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[ Upstream commit 8f49c2703b33519aaaccc63f571b465b9d2b3a2d ]
Alexey Kuznetsov noticed a regression introduced by
commit f1ecd5d9e7366609d640ff4040304ea197fbc618
("Revert Backoff [v3]: Revert RTO on ICMP destination unreachable")
The RTO and timer modification code added to tcp_v4_err()
doesn't check sock_owned_by_user(), which if true means we
don't have exclusive access to the socket and therefore cannot
modify it's critical state.
Just skip this new code block if sock_owned_by_user() is true
and eliminate the now superfluous sock_owned_by_user() code
block contained within.
Reported-by: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
CC: Damian Lukowski <damian@tvk.rwth-aachen.de>
Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
---
net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c | 8 +++-----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ void tcp_v4_err(struct sk_buff *icmp_skb
!icsk->icsk_backoff)
break;
+ if (sock_owned_by_user(sk))
+ break;
+
icsk->icsk_backoff--;
inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto = __tcp_set_rto(tp) <<
icsk->icsk_backoff;
@@ -429,11 +432,6 @@ void tcp_v4_err(struct sk_buff *icmp_skb
if (remaining) {
inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
remaining, TCP_RTO_MAX);
- } else if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
- /* RTO revert clocked out retransmission,
- * but socket is locked. Will defer. */
- inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
- HZ/20, TCP_RTO_MAX);
} else {
/* RTO revert clocked out retransmission.
* Will retransmit now */