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[PATCH] netvsc: fix use-after-free in netvsc_change_mtu()

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'nvdev' is freed in rndis_filter_device_remove -> netvsc_device_remove ->
free_netvsc_device, so we mustn't access it, before it's re-created in
rndis_filter_device_add -> netvsc_device_add.

Signed-off-by: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>
Cc: "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@microsoft.com>
Cc: Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
---
 drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
index 2d3cdb0..bc05c89 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
@@ -859,15 +859,22 @@ static int netvsc_change_mtu(struct net_device *ndev, int mtu)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	memset(&device_info, 0, sizeof(device_info));
+	device_info.ring_size = ring_size;
+	device_info.num_chn = nvdev->num_chn;
+	device_info.max_num_vrss_chns = nvdev->num_chn;
+
 	ndevctx->start_remove = true;
 	rndis_filter_device_remove(hdev, nvdev);
 
+	/* 'nvdev' has been freed in rndis_filter_device_remove() ->
+	 * netvsc_device_remove () -> free_netvsc_device().
+	 * We mustn't access it before it's re-created in
+	 * rndis_filter_device_add() -> netvsc_device_add().
+	 */
+
 	ndev->mtu = mtu;
 
-	memset(&device_info, 0, sizeof(device_info));
-	device_info.ring_size = ring_size;
-	device_info.num_chn = nvdev->num_chn;
-	device_info.max_num_vrss_chns = nvdev->num_chn;
 	rndis_filter_device_add(hdev, &device_info);
 
 out:
-- 
2.7.4

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[PATCH] netvsc: fix use-after-free in netvsc_change_mtu() Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com> - 2017-03-02 15:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] netvsc: fix use-after-free in netvsc_change_mtu() Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> - 2017-03-02 19:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] netvsc: fix use-after-free in netvsc_change_mtu() David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> - 2017-03-03 01:50 +0100

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