netlink: do not set cb_running if dump's start() errs
authorJason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Mon, 9 Oct 2017 12:14:51 +0000 (14:14 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Mon, 9 Oct 2017 17:27:49 +0000 (10:27 -0700)
commit41c87425a1ac9b633e0fcc78eb1f19640c8fb5a0
treec91239da85b6dabccc4c3be54bafa71d181de790
parent6df4d17c442f39137026bce387b0100eef8a25ba
netlink: do not set cb_running if dump's start() errs

It turns out that multiple places can call netlink_dump(), which means
it's still possible to dereference partially initialized values in
dump() that were the result of a faulty returned start().

This fixes the issue by calling start() _before_ setting cb_running to
true, so that there's no chance at all of hitting the dump() function
through any indirect paths.

It also moves the call to start() to be when the mutex is held. This has
the nice side effect of serializing invocations to start(), which is
likely desirable anyway. It also prevents any possible other races that
might come out of this logic.

In testing this with several different pieces of tricky code to trigger
these issues, this commit fixes all avenues that I'm aware of.

Signed-off-by: Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason@zx2c4.com>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/netlink/af_netlink.c