* [patch 2/3 -next] 6LoWPAN: use the _safe version of list_for_each
@ 2011-08-30 13:46 Dan Carpenter
[not found] ` <20110830134640.GI3705-z0WHZYlhLlzP0Z7Jsv878P8+0UxHXcjY@public.gmane.org>
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From: Dan Carpenter @ 2011-08-30 13:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Alexander Smirnov
Cc: Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov, Sergey Lapin, David S. Miller,
open list:IEEE 802.15.4 SUB..., open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL],
kernel-janitors
When we kfree(entry) that causes a use-after-free bug so we have to
use list_for_each_entry_safe() safe here.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
---
Curly parens are not needed here, but kernel style is to use them for
multi-line indent blocks.
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
index cf304cc..5dc0489 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/6lowpan.c
@@ -813,15 +813,17 @@ static void lowpan_dellink(struct net_device *dev, struct list_head *head)
struct lowpan_dev_info *lowpan_dev = lowpan_dev_info(dev);
struct net_device *real_dev = lowpan_dev->real_dev;
struct lowpan_dev_record *entry;
+ struct lowpan_dev_record *tmp;
ASSERT_RTNL();
mutex_lock(&lowpan_dev_info(dev)->dev_list_mtx);
- list_for_each_entry(entry, &lowpan_devices, list)
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, tmp, &lowpan_devices, list) {
if (entry->ldev == dev) {
list_del(&entry->list);
kfree(entry);
}
+ }
mutex_unlock(&lowpan_dev_info(dev)->dev_list_mtx);
mutex_destroy(&lowpan_dev_info(dev)->dev_list_mtx);
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