linux/net/packet
Phil Sutter 9665d5d624 packet: fix leakage of tx_ring memory
When releasing a packet socket, the routine packet_set_ring() is reused
to free rings instead of allocating them. But when calling it for the
first time, it fills req->tp_block_nr with the value of rb->pg_vec_len
which in the second invocation makes it bail out since req->tp_block_nr
is greater zero but req->tp_block_size is zero.

This patch solves the problem by passing a zeroed auto-variable to
packet_set_ring() upon each invocation from packet_release().

As far as I can tell, this issue exists even since 69e3c75 (net: TX_RING
and packet mmap), i.e. the original inclusion of TX ring support into
af_packet, but applies only to sockets with both RX and TX ring
allocated, which is probably why this was unnoticed all the time.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil.sutter@viprinet.com>
Cc: Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net>
Cc: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2013-02-03 16:15:23 -05:00
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af_packet.c packet: fix leakage of tx_ring memory 2013-02-03 16:15:23 -05:00
diag.c
internal.h packet: tx_ring: allow the user to choose tx data offset 2012-11-07 18:54:30 -05:00
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