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Date:      Sun, 02 Sep 2007 11:21:37 +0900
From:      gnn@freebsd.org
To:        "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-net@freebsd.org, "Christian S.J. Peron" <csjp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [csjp@FreeBSD.org: Re: rtfree: 0xffffff00036fb1e0 has 1 refs]
Message-ID:  <m2r6lhg632.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>
In-Reply-To: <46D51F4A.1050004@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20070828165333.GA14159@sub.vaned.net> <46D48A3D.6080901@FreeBSD.org> <46D51F4A.1050004@FreeBSD.org>

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At Wed, 29 Aug 2007 08:24:58 +0100,
Bruce M. Simpson wrote:
>=20
> BTW: Casual inspection with kscope suggests there is a similar=20
> free-while-locked issue in nd6_ns_input() (netient6/nd6_nbr.c) and=20
> in_arpinput() (netinet/if_ether.c).
>=20
> nd6_ns_input() references rt-=BBrt_gateway after rtfree(), a potential=20
> race not to mention a use-after-free.
>=20
> I haven't checked Coverity for this, but it just doesn't look right.

At least in the ND6 case I think that the correct logic is:

=3D=3D=3D=3D //depot/user/gnn/ipsec_seven/src/sys/netinet6/nd6_nbr.c#1 - /s=
ources/p4/user/gnn/ipsec_seven/src/sys/netinet6/nd6_nbr.c =3D=3D=3D=3D
@@ -215,8 +215,6 @@
 		rt =3D rtalloc1((struct sockaddr *)&tsin6, 0, 0);
 		need_proxy =3D (rt && (rt->rt_flags & RTF_ANNOUNCE) !=3D 0 &&
 		    rt->rt_gateway->sa_family =3D=3D AF_LINK);
-		if (rt)
-			rtfree(rt);
 		if (need_proxy) {
 			/*
 			 * proxy NDP for single entry
@@ -228,6 +226,9 @@
 				proxydl =3D SDL(rt->rt_gateway);
 			}
 		}
+		if (!need_proxy || ifa =3D=3D NULL)
+			if (rt)
+				rtfree(rt);
 	}
 	if (ifa =3D=3D NULL) {
 		/*

Thoughts?

Best,
George



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