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Date:      Sun, 24 Apr 2022 07:35:08 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        Rob Wing <rob.fx907@gmail.com>
Cc:        Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>, Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>,  FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: kernel crash making a vlan on a wlan
Message-ID:  <CANCZdfq4W1r2Jd2kSLvdg00ACHqSZYQZJhYPAz77%2BsMBgcSBhw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 1:03 AM Rob Wing <rob.fx907@gmail.com> wrote:

> From what I can tell, the vlan driver is calling ieee80211_output() with
> the wrong ifnet context and dereferencing a bad pointer.
>
> It looks like the passed in if_softc is pointing to a struct ifvlan
> instead of the expected struct ieee80211_vap
>
> Looking at vlan_output(), I wonder if the parents ifnet context should be
> used when calling if_output()? something like:
>
> diff --git a/sys/net/if_vlan.c b/sys/net/if_vlan.c
> index 2bb5284c2129..5fbd7a79dccc 100644
> --- a/sys/net/if_vlan.c
> +++ b/sys/net/if_vlan.c
> @@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ vlan_output(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *m, const
> struct sockaddr *dst,
>                 ifv = p->if_softc;
>         } while (p->if_type == IFT_L2VLAN);
>
> -       return p->if_output(ifp, m, dst, ro);
> +       return ((*p->if_output)(p, m, dst, ro));
>

No. Those two are the same thing.

Warner

 }
>
>  #ifdef ALTQ
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 23, 2022 at 1:12 PM Eugene Grosbein <eugen@grosbein.net>
> wrote:
>
>> 24.04.2022 3:28, Marek Zarychta wrote:
>>
>> > W dniu 23.04.2022 o 22:11, Craig Leres pisze:
>> >>
>> >> On 4/23/22 11:12, Craig Leres wrote:
>> >>> I am able to reproduce the crash with 13.1-RC4.
>> >>
>> >> I'm also able to reproduce the crash on 12.3-RELEASE-p5. It seems
>> wlan0 is part of the recipe, I tried vlans_em0="vlan0" first but was not
>> able to induce a crash.
>> >>
>> >>          Craig
>> >>
>> >
>> > I am curious what is this WiFi hardware that supports 802.1q tagging
>> over the air? Could you please reveal this?
>> >
>> > That's rather not a bug when you are shooting yourself in the foot.
>>
>> Kernel panic due to ifconfig command is always a bug.
>>
>>
>>
>>

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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" =
class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 1:03 AM Rob Wing &lt;<a href=3D"=
mailto:rob.fx907@gmail.com">rob.fx907@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><bl=
ockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #=
ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>From what I can tell, the=
 vlan driver is calling ieee80211_output() with the wrong ifnet context and=
 dereferencing a bad pointer. <br></div><div><br></div><div>It looks like t=
he passed in if_softc is pointing to a struct ifvlan instead of the expecte=
d struct ieee80211_vap</div><div><br></div><div>Looking at vlan_output(), I=
 wonder if the parents ifnet context should be used when calling if_output(=
)? something like:</div><div><br></div><div>diff --git a/sys/net/if_vlan.c =
b/sys/net/if_vlan.c<br>index 2bb5284c2129..5fbd7a79dccc 100644<br>--- a/sys=
/net/if_vlan.c<br>+++ b/sys/net/if_vlan.c<br>@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ vlan_out=
put(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *m, const struct sockaddr *dst,<br>=C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 ifv =3D p-&gt;if_softc=
;<br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 } while (p-&gt;if_type =3D=3D IFT_L2VLAN);=
<br><br>- =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 return p-&gt;if_output(ifp, m, dst, ro);<br>=
+ =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 return ((*p-&gt;if_output)(p, m, dst, ro));<br></div=
></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"aut=
o">No. Those two are the same thing.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"auto">Warner=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto=
"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"mar=
gin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr=
"><div>=C2=A0}<br><br>=C2=A0#ifdef ALTQ</div><div><br></div></div><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 23,=
 2022 at 1:12 PM Eugene Grosbein &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:eugen@grosbein.net" =
target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">eugen@grosbein.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><=
/div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bo=
rder-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">24.04.2022 3:28, Mar=
ek Zarychta wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; W dniu 23.04.2022 o 22:11, Craig Leres pisze:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; On 4/23/22 11:12, Craig Leres wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;&gt; I am able to reproduce the crash with 13.1-RC4.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; I&#39;m also able to reproduce the crash on 12.3-RELEASE-p5. It se=
ems wlan0 is part of the recipe, I tried vlans_em0=3D&quot;vlan0&quot; firs=
t but was not able to induce a crash.<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Craig<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I am curious what is this WiFi hardware that supports 802.1q tagging o=
ver the air? Could you please reveal this?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; That&#39;s rather not a bug when you are shooting yourself in the foot=
.<br>
<br>
Kernel panic due to ifconfig command is always a bug.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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