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    batman-adv: Fix use-after-free/double-free of tt_req_node · 9c4604a2
    Sven Eckelmann authored
    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: a73105b8
    
     ("batman-adv: improved client announcement mechanism")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
    Tested-by: default avatarMartin Weinelt <martin@darmstadt.freifunk.net>
    Tested-by: default avatarAmadeus Alfa <amadeus@chemnitz.freifunk.net>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMarek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    9c4604a2