[PATCH] xen/netfront: don't cache skb_shinfo()

[PATCH] xen/netfront: don't cache skb_shinfo()

[Juergen Gross]

skb_shinfo() can change when calling __pskb_pull_tail(): Don't cache
its return value.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
---
 drivers/net/xen-netfront.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
index 2d8812dd1534..9dd2ca62d84a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
+++ b/drivers/net/xen-netfront.c
@@ -894,7 +894,6 @@ static RING_IDX xennet_fill_frags(struct netfront_queue *queue,
 				  struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  struct sk_buff_head *list)
 {
-	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo = skb_shinfo(skb);
 	RING_IDX cons = queue->rx.rsp_cons;
 	struct sk_buff *nskb;
 
@@ -903,15 +902,16 @@ static RING_IDX xennet_fill_frags(struct netfront_queue *queue,
 			RING_GET_RESPONSE(&queue->rx, ++cons);
 		skb_frag_t *nfrag = &skb_shinfo(nskb)->frags[0];
 
-		if (shinfo->nr_frags == MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
+		if (skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags == MAX_SKB_FRAGS) {
 			unsigned int pull_to = NETFRONT_SKB_CB(skb)->pull_to;
 
 			BUG_ON(pull_to <= skb_headlen(skb));
 			__pskb_pull_tail(skb, pull_to - skb_headlen(skb));
 		}
-		BUG_ON(shinfo->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
+		BUG_ON(skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags >= MAX_SKB_FRAGS);
 
-		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, shinfo->nr_frags, skb_frag_page(nfrag),
+		skb_add_rx_frag(skb, skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags,
+				skb_frag_page(nfrag),
 				rx->offset, rx->status, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 		skb_shinfo(nskb)->nr_frags = 0;
-- 
2.13.7

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen/netfront: don't cache skb_shinfo()

[Wei Liu]

On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 04:42:16PM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> skb_shinfo() can change when calling __pskb_pull_tail(): Don't cache
> its return value.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Reviewed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@citrix.com>

Re: [PATCH] xen/netfront: don't cache skb_shinfo()

[David Miller]

From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Date: Thu,  9 Aug 2018 16:42:16 +0200

> skb_shinfo() can change when calling __pskb_pull_tail(): Don't cache
> its return value.
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>

Applied.