[PATCH 3/4] net: ll_temac: Fix TX BD buffer overwrite

Esben Haabendal esben at geanix.com
Fri Jun 18 03:52:33 PDT 2021


Just as the initial check, we need to ensure num_frag+1 buffers available,
as that is the number of buffers we are going to use.

This fixes a buffer overflow, which might be seen during heavy network
load. Complete lockup of TEMAC was reproducible within about 10 minutes of
a particular load.

Fixes: 84823ff80f74 ("net: ll_temac: Fix race condition causing TX hang")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v5.4+
Signed-off-by: Esben Haabendal <esben at geanix.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
index 9797aa3221d1..cc482ee36501 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/xilinx/ll_temac_main.c
@@ -861,7 +861,7 @@ temac_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 		smp_mb();
 
 		/* Space might have just been freed - check again */
-		if (temac_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag))
+		if (temac_check_tx_bd_space(lp, num_frag + 1))
 			return NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 
 		netif_wake_queue(ndev);
-- 
2.32.0




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