Code:  int ip_build_and_send_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk,
			  __be32 saddr, __be32 daddr, struct ip_options *opt)
 {
 	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
 	struct rtable *rt = skb_rtable(skb);
 	struct iphdr *iph;
 
 	/* Build the IP header. */
	skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr) + (opt ? opt->optlen : 0));
 	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
 	iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 	iph->version  = 4;
	iph->ihl      = 5;
	iph->tos      = inet->tos;
	if (ip_dont_fragment(sk, &rt->dst))
		iph->frag_off = htons(IP_DF);
	else
		iph->frag_off = 0;
	iph->ttl      = ip_select_ttl(inet, &rt->dst);
	iph->daddr    = rt->rt_dst;
	iph->saddr    = rt->rt_src;
 	iph->protocol = sk->sk_protocol;
 	ip_select_ident(iph, &rt->dst, sk);
 
	if (opt && opt->optlen) {
		iph->ihl += opt->optlen>>2;
		ip_options_build(skb, opt, daddr, rt, 0);
 	}
 
 	skb->priority = sk->sk_priority;
	skb->mark = sk->sk_mark;

	/* Send it out. */
	return ip_local_out(skb);
}

Vulnerability Type: DoS 
CWE ID: CWE-362
Summary: Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.
Commit Message: inet: add RCU protection to inet->opt

We lack proper synchronization to manipulate inet->opt ip_options

Problem is ip_make_skb() calls ip_setup_cork() and
ip_setup_cork() possibly makes a copy of ipc->opt (struct ip_options),
without any protection against another thread manipulating inet->opt.

Another thread can change inet->opt pointer and free old one under us.

Use RCU to protect inet->opt (changed to inet->inet_opt).

Instead of handling atomic refcounts, just copy ip_options when
necessary, to avoid cache line dirtying.

We cant insert an rcu_head in struct ip_options since its included in
skb->cb[], so this patch is large because I had to introduce a new
ip_options_rcu structure.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>