From: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 12:27:38 -0800
> netif_rx() must be called under a strict contract.
>
> At device dismantle phase, core networking clears IFF_UP
> and flush_all_backlogs() is called after rcu grace period
> to make sure no incoming packet might be in a cpu backlog
> and still referencing the device.
>
> Most drivers call netif_rx() from their interrupt handler,
> and since the interrupts are disabled at device dismantle,
> netif_rx() does not have to check dev->flags & IFF_UP
>
> Virtual drivers do not have this guarantee, and must
> therefore make the check themselves.
>
> Otherwise we risk use-after-free and/or crashes.
>
> Note this patch also fixes a small issue that came
> with commit ce6502a8f957 ("vxlan: fix a use after free
> in vxlan_encap_bypass"), since the dev->stats.rx_dropped
> change was done on the wrong device.
>
> Fixes: d342894c5d2f ("vxlan: virtual extensible lan")
> Fixes: ce6502a8f957 ("vxlan: fix a use after free in vxlan_encap_bypass")
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <[email protected]>
Applied and queued up for -stable.
