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Commit b856c176 authored by Eric Dumazet's avatar Eric Dumazet Committed by Ben Hutchings
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vxlan: test dev->flags & IFF_UP before calling gro_cells_receive()

commit 59cbf56f upstream.

Same reasons than the ones explained in commit 4179cb5a
("vxlan: test dev->flags & IFF_UP before calling netif_rx()")

netif_rx() or gro_cells_receive() must be called under a strict contract.

At device dismantle phase, core networking clears IFF_UP
and flush_all_backlogs() is called after rcu grace period
to make sure no incoming packet might be in a cpu backlog
and still referencing the device.

A similar protocol is used for gro_cells infrastructure, as
gro_cells_destroy() will be called only after a full rcu
grace period is observed after IFF_UP has been cleared.

Most drivers call netif_rx() from their interrupt handler,
and since the interrupts are disabled at device dismantle,
netif_rx() does not have to check dev->flags & IFF_UP

Virtual drivers do not have this guarantee, and must
therefore make the check themselves.

Otherwise we risk use-after-free and/or crashes.

Fixes: d342894c

 ("vxlan: virtual extensible lan")
Signed-off-by: default avatarEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: default avatarBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
parent 0bab330e
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