提交 9cd40029 编写于 作者: P Pavel Emelyanov 提交者: David S. Miller

[NEIGH]: Fix race between neigh_parms_release and neightbl_fill_parms

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: NPavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org>
Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
上级 b0de8e40
......@@ -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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