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Fix a use-after-free node reference issue when waiting for a return

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from a management frame transmission.

This bug is a bit loopy, so here goes.

The underlying cause is pretty easy to understand - the node isn't
referenced before passing into the callout, so if the node is deleted
before the callout fires, it'll dereference free'd memory.

The code path however is slightly more convoluted.

The functions _say_ mgt_tx - ie management transmit - which is partially
true.  Yes, that callback is attached to the mbuf for some management
frames.  However, it's only for frames relating to scanning and
authentication attempts.  It helpfully drives the VAP state back to
"SCAN" if the transmission fails _OR_ (as I subsequently found out!)
if the transmission succeeds but the state machine doesn't make progress
towards being authenticated and active.

Now, the code itself isn't terribly clear about this.

It _looks_ like it's just handling the transmit failure case.

However, when you look at what goes on in the transmit success case, it's
moving the VAP state back to SCAN if it hasn't changed state since
the time the callback was scheduled.  Ie, if it's in ASSOC or AUTH still,
it'll go back to SCAN.  But if it has transitioned to the RUN state,
the comparison will fail and it'll not transition things back to the
SCAN state.

So, to fix this, I decided to leave everything the way it is and merely
fix the locking and remove the node reference.

The _better_ fix would be to turn this callout into a "assoc/auth request"
timeout callback and make the callout locked, thus eliminating all races.
However, until all the drivers have been fixed so that transmit completions
occur outside of any locking that's going on, it's going to be impossible
to do this without introducing LORs.  So, I leave some of the evilness
in there.

Tested:

* AR5212, ath(4), STA mode
* 5100 and 4965 wifi, iwn(4), STA mode
This commit is contained in:
Adrian Chadd 2013-10-24 17:04:16 +00:00
parent 585300e937
commit e94527beaf
Notes: svn2git 2020-12-20 02:59:44 +00:00 
svn path=/head/; revision=257065
3 changed files with 24 additions and 8 deletions
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26
sys/net80211/ieee80211_output.c
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@ -2732,20 +2732,35 @@ ieee80211_alloc_cts(struct ieee80211com *ic,
static void
ieee80211_tx_mgt_timeout(void *arg)
{
struct ieee80211_node *ni = arg;
struct ieee80211vap *vap = ni->ni_vap;
struct ieee80211vap *vap = arg;
IEEE80211_LOCK(vap->iv_ic);
if (vap->iv_state != IEEE80211_S_INIT &&
(vap->iv_ic->ic_flags & IEEE80211_F_SCAN) == 0) {
/*
* NB: it's safe to specify a timeout as the reason here;
* it'll only be used in the right state.
*/
ieee80211_new_state(vap, IEEE80211_S_SCAN,
ieee80211_new_state_locked(vap, IEEE80211_S_SCAN,
IEEE80211_SCAN_FAIL_TIMEOUT);
}
IEEE80211_UNLOCK(vap->iv_ic);
}
/*
* This is the callback set on net80211-sourced transmitted
* authentication request frames.
*
* This does a couple of things:
*
* + If the frame transmitted was a success, it schedules a future
* event which will transition the interface to scan.
* If a state transition _then_ occurs before that event occurs,
* said state transition will cancel this callout.
*
* + If the frame transmit was a failure, it immediately schedules
* the transition back to scan.
*/
static void
ieee80211_tx_mgt_cb(struct ieee80211_node *ni, void *arg, int status)
{
@ -2763,10 +2778,11 @@ ieee80211_tx_mgt_cb(struct ieee80211_node *ni, void *arg, int status)
*
* XXX what happens if !acked but response shows up before callback?
*/
if (vap->iv_state == ostate)
if (vap->iv_state == ostate) {
callout_reset(&vap->iv_mgtsend,
status == 0 ? IEEE80211_TRANS_WAIT*hz : 0,
ieee80211_tx_mgt_timeout, ni);
ieee80211_tx_mgt_timeout, vap);
}
}
static void

4
sys/net80211/ieee80211_proto.c
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@ -107,8 +107,6 @@ static void update_promisc(void *, int);
static void update_channel(void *, int);
static void update_chw(void *, int);
static void ieee80211_newstate_cb(void *, int);
static int ieee80211_new_state_locked(struct ieee80211vap *,
enum ieee80211_state, int);
static int
null_raw_xmit(struct ieee80211_node *ni, struct mbuf *m,
@ -1834,7 +1832,7 @@ ieee80211_newstate_cb(void *xvap, int npending)
* is usually a mistake and indicates lack of proper integration
* with the net80211 layer.
*/
static int
int
ieee80211_new_state_locked(struct ieee80211vap *vap,
enum ieee80211_state nstate, int arg)
{

2
sys/net80211/ieee80211_proto.h
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@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ void ieee80211_dturbo_switch(struct ieee80211vap *, int newflags);
void ieee80211_swbmiss(void *arg);
void ieee80211_beacon_miss(struct ieee80211com *);
int ieee80211_new_state(struct ieee80211vap *, enum ieee80211_state, int);
int ieee80211_new_state_locked(struct ieee80211vap *, enum ieee80211_state,
int);
void ieee80211_print_essid(const uint8_t *, int);
void ieee80211_dump_pkt(struct ieee80211com *,
const uint8_t *, int, int, int);