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Commit f0d02777 authored by John Sperbeck's avatar John Sperbeck Committed by Jakub Kicinski
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net: netpoll: ensure skb_pool list is always initialized



When __netpoll_setup() is called directly, instead of through
netpoll_setup(), the np->skb_pool list head isn't initialized.
If skb_pool_flush() is later called, then we hit a NULL pointer
in skb_queue_purge_reason().  This can be seen with this repro,
when CONFIG_NETCONSOLE is enabled as a module:

    ip tuntap add mode tap tap0
    ip link add name br0 type bridge
    ip link set dev tap0 master br0
    modprobe netconsole netconsole=4444@10.0.0.1/br0,9353@10.0.0.2/
    rmmod netconsole

The backtrace is:

    BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
    #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
    #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
    ... ... ...
    Call Trace:
     <TASK>
     __netpoll_free+0xa5/0xf0
     br_netpoll_cleanup+0x43/0x50 [bridge]
     do_netpoll_cleanup+0x43/0xc0
     netconsole_netdev_event+0x1e3/0x300 [netconsole]
     unregister_netdevice_notifier+0xd9/0x150
     cleanup_module+0x45/0x920 [netconsole]
     __se_sys_delete_module+0x205/0x290
     do_syscall_64+0x70/0x150
     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

Move the skb_pool list setup and initial skb fill into __netpoll_setup().

Fixes: 221a9c1d ("net: netpoll: Individualize the skb pool")
Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn Sperbeck <jsperbeck@google.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarBreno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250114011354.2096812-1-jsperbeck@google.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
parent c17ff476
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