From: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] dlci: acquire rtnl_lock before calling __dev_get_by_name()
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:29:54 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51CA9872.5050700@huawei.com> (raw)
Otherwise the net device returned can be freed at anytime.
Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
drivers/net/wan/dlci.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c b/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c
index 147614e..1f6e053 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/dlci.c
@@ -385,20 +385,24 @@ static int dlci_del(struct dlci_add *dlci)
struct net_device *master, *slave;
int err;
+ rtnl_lock();
+
/* validate slave device */
master = __dev_get_by_name(&init_net, dlci->devname);
- if (!master)
- return -ENODEV;
+ if (!master) {
+ err = -ENODEV;
+ goto out;
+ }
if (netif_running(master)) {
- return -EBUSY;
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
}
dlp = netdev_priv(master);
slave = dlp->slave;
flp = netdev_priv(slave);
- rtnl_lock();
err = (*flp->deassoc)(slave, master);
if (!err) {
list_del(&dlp->list);
@@ -407,8 +411,8 @@ static int dlci_del(struct dlci_add *dlci)
dev_put(slave);
}
+out:
rtnl_unlock();
-
return err;
}
--
1.8.0.2
next reply other threads:[~2013-06-26 7:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-26 7:29 Li Zefan [this message]
2013-06-26 7:31 ` [PATCH 2/2] dlci: validate the net device in dlci_del() Li Zefan
2013-06-26 7:31 ` Li Zefan
2013-06-26 22:46 ` David Miller
2013-06-26 22:46 ` [PATCH 1/2] dlci: acquire rtnl_lock before calling __dev_get_by_name() David Miller
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