Re: [PATCH 4.14] tcp: fix tcp_rtx_queue_tail in case of empty retransmit queue

From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: Tim Froidcoeur <tim.froidcoeur@tessares.net>
Cc: matthieu.baerts@tessares.net, aprout@ll.mit.edu,
	cpaasch@apple.com, davem@davemloft.net, edumazet@google.com,
	gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, jonathan.lemon@gmail.com,
	jtl@netflix.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mkubecek@suse.cz,
	ncardwell@google.com, stable@vger.kernel.org, ycheng@google.com,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14] tcp: fix tcp_rtx_queue_tail in case of empty retransmit queue
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2019 08:20:36 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190831122036.GY5281@sasha-vm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190824060351.3776-1-tim.froidcoeur@tessares.net>

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 08:03:51AM +0200, Tim Froidcoeur wrote:
>Commit 8c3088f895a0 ("tcp: be more careful in tcp_fragment()")
>triggers following stack trace:
>
>[25244.848046] kernel BUG at ./include/linux/skbuff.h:1406!
>[25244.859335] RIP: 0010:skb_queue_prev+0x9/0xc
>[25244.888167] Call Trace:
>[25244.889182]  <IRQ>
>[25244.890001]  tcp_fragment+0x9c/0x2cf
>[25244.891295]  tcp_write_xmit+0x68f/0x988
>[25244.892732]  __tcp_push_pending_frames+0x3b/0xa0
>[25244.894347]  tcp_data_snd_check+0x2a/0xc8
>[25244.895775]  tcp_rcv_established+0x2a8/0x30d
>[25244.897282]  tcp_v4_do_rcv+0xb2/0x158
>[25244.898666]  tcp_v4_rcv+0x692/0x956
>[25244.899959]  ip_local_deliver_finish+0xeb/0x169
>[25244.901547]  __netif_receive_skb_core+0x51c/0x582
>[25244.903193]  ? inet_gro_receive+0x239/0x247
>[25244.904756]  netif_receive_skb_internal+0xab/0xc6
>[25244.906395]  napi_gro_receive+0x8a/0xc0
>[25244.907760]  receive_buf+0x9a1/0x9cd
>[25244.909160]  ? load_balance+0x17a/0x7b7
>[25244.910536]  ? vring_unmap_one+0x18/0x61
>[25244.911932]  ? detach_buf+0x60/0xfa
>[25244.913234]  virtnet_poll+0x128/0x1e1
>[25244.914607]  net_rx_action+0x12a/0x2b1
>[25244.915953]  __do_softirq+0x11c/0x26b
>[25244.917269]  ? handle_irq_event+0x44/0x56
>[25244.918695]  irq_exit+0x61/0xa0
>[25244.919947]  do_IRQ+0x9d/0xbb
>[25244.921065]  common_interrupt+0x85/0x85
>[25244.922479]  </IRQ>
>
>tcp_rtx_queue_tail() (called by tcp_fragment()) can call
>tcp_write_queue_prev() on the first packet in the queue, which will trigger
>the BUG in tcp_write_queue_prev(), because there is no previous packet.
>
>This happens when the retransmit queue is empty, for example in case of a
>zero window.
>
>Patch is needed for 4.4, 4.9 and 4.14 stable branches.

There needs to be a better explanation of why it's not needed
upstream...

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Thanks,
Sasha