The neightbl_fill_parms() is called under the write-locked
tbl->lock and accesses the parms->dev. The negh_parm_release()
calls the dev_put(parms->dev) without this lock. This
creates a tiny race window on which the parms contains
potentially stale dev pointer.
To fix this race it's enough to move the dev_put() upper
under the tbl->lock, but note, that the parms are held by
neighbors and thus can live after the neigh_parms_release()
is called, so we still can have a parm with bad dev pointer.
I didn't find where the neigh->parms->dev is accessed, but
still think that putting the dev is to be done in a place,
where the parms are really freed. Am I right with that?
Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
diff --git a/net/core/neighbour.c b/net/core/neighbour.c
index 29b8ee4..cc8a2f1 100644
--- a/net/core/neighbour.c
+++ b/net/core/neighbour.c
@@ -1316,8 +1316,6 @@ void neigh_parms_release(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct
neigh_parms *parms)
*p = parms->next;
parms->dead = 1;
write_unlock_bh(&tbl->lock);
- if (parms->dev)
- dev_put(parms->dev);
call_rcu(&parms->rcu_head, neigh_rcu_free_parms);
return;
}
@@ -1328,6 +1326,8 @@ void neigh_parms_release(struct neigh_table *tbl, struct
neigh_parms *parms)
void neigh_parms_destroy(struct neigh_parms *parms)
{
+ if (parms->dev)
+ dev_put(parms->dev);
kfree(parms);
}
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