kernel-fxtec-pro1x/net/tipc/subscr.h
Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan d094c4d5f5 tipc: add subscription refcount to avoid invalid delete
Until now, the subscribers keep track of the subscriptions using
reference count at subscriber level. At subscription cancel or
subscriber delete, we delete the subscription only if the timer
was pending for the subscription. This approach is incorrect as:
1. del_timer() is not SMP safe, if on CPU0 the check for pending
   timer returns true but CPU1 might schedule the timer callback
   thereby deleting the subscription. Thus when CPU0 is scheduled,
   it deletes an invalid subscription.
2. We export tipc_subscrp_report_overlap(), which accesses the
   subscription pointer multiple times. Meanwhile the subscription
   timer can expire thereby freeing the subscription and we might
   continue to access the subscription pointer leading to memory
   violations.

In this commit, we introduce subscription refcount to avoid deleting
an invalid subscription.

Reported-and-Tested-by: John Thompson <thompa.atl@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying.xue@windriver.com>
Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.maloy@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: Parthasarathy Bhuvaragan <parthasarathy.bhuvaragan@ericsson.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2017-01-24 16:14:57 -05:00

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/*
* net/tipc/subscr.h: Include file for TIPC network topology service
*
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#ifndef _TIPC_SUBSCR_H
#define _TIPC_SUBSCR_H
#include "server.h"
#define TIPC_MAX_SUBSCRIPTIONS 65535
#define TIPC_MAX_PUBLICATIONS 65535
struct tipc_subscription;
struct tipc_subscriber;
/**
* struct tipc_subscription - TIPC network topology subscription object
* @subscriber: pointer to its subscriber
* @seq: name sequence associated with subscription
* @net: point to network namespace
* @timer: timer governing subscription duration (optional)
* @nameseq_list: adjacent subscriptions in name sequence's subscription list
* @subscrp_list: adjacent subscriptions in subscriber's subscription list
* @swap: indicates if subscriber uses opposite endianness in its messages
* @evt: template for events generated by subscription
*/
struct tipc_subscription {
struct kref kref;
struct tipc_subscriber *subscriber;
struct net *net;
struct timer_list timer;
struct list_head nameseq_list;
struct list_head subscrp_list;
int swap;
struct tipc_event evt;
};
int tipc_subscrp_check_overlap(struct tipc_name_seq *seq, u32 found_lower,
u32 found_upper);
void tipc_subscrp_report_overlap(struct tipc_subscription *sub,
u32 found_lower, u32 found_upper, u32 event,
u32 port_ref, u32 node, int must);
void tipc_subscrp_convert_seq(struct tipc_name_seq *in, int swap,
struct tipc_name_seq *out);
u32 tipc_subscrp_convert_seq_type(u32 type, int swap);
int tipc_topsrv_start(struct net *net);
void tipc_topsrv_stop(struct net *net);
#endif