netvsc: fix use-after-free in netvsc_change_mtu()
'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>
Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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;
- ndevctx->start_remove = true;
- rndis_filter_device_remove(hdev, nvdev);
-
- 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;
+
+ 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;
+
rndis_filter_device_add(hdev, &device_info);
out: