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Date:      Sun, 24 Apr 2022 08:37:46 -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:  <CANCZdfp4k5YYZ3RdPpW1n5ecPeyn%2BgymMh06iWLfkSVs-6W8BA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 8:36 AM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 8:30 AM Rob Wing <rob.fx907@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What do you mean when you say they are the same thing?
>>
>
> There is no semantic difference between the two notations. The change will
> have no effect.
>

Oh, I missed the ifp to p change. That will have a big effect.

Warner


> Warner
>
> On Sun, Apr 24, 2022 at 5:35 AM Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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, 8:36 AM Warner Losh &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:imp@bsdimp.com">imp@bsdimp.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 24, 2022, 8:30 AM Ro=
b Wing &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rob.fx907@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"=
noreferrer">rob.fx907@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd=
ing-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>What do you mean when you say they are =
the same thing?</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto">There is no semantic difference between the two nota=
tions. The change will have no effect.</div></div></blockquote></div></div>=
<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Oh, I missed the ifp to p cha=
nge. That will have a big effect.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=
=3D"auto">Warner</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto"><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div d=
ir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Warner</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"auto"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmai=
l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left=
:1ex"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On S=
un, Apr 24, 2022 at 5:35 AM Warner Losh &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:imp@bsdimp.co=
m" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">imp@bsdimp.com</a>&gt; w=
rote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0p=
x 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><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:r=
ob.fx907@gmail.com" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">rob.fx9=
07@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddin=
g-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 the passed in if_=
softc is pointing to a struct ifvlan instead of the expected struct ieee802=
11_vap</div><div><br></div><div>Looking at vlan_output(), I wonder if the p=
arents ifnet context should be used when calling if_output()? something lik=
e:</div><div><br></div><div>diff --git a/sys/net/if_vlan.c b/sys/net/if_vla=
n.c<br>index 2bb5284c2129..5fbd7a79dccc 100644<br>--- a/sys/net/if_vlan.c<b=
r>+++ b/sys/net/if_vlan.c<br>@@ -1318,7 +1318,7 @@ vlan_output(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></blockqu=
ote></div></div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">No. Those two=
 are the same thing.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">War=
ner=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"margin:0px 0px 0px =
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"=
ltr"><div>=C2=A0}<br><br>=C2=A0#ifdef ALTQ</div><div><br></div></div><br><d=
iv 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.ne=
t" rel=3D"noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">eugen@grosbei=
n.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:=
1ex">24.04.2022 3:28, Marek 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>
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</blockquote></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div>
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