netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/7] CAN: Add PF

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Date:	Fri, 21 Sep 2007 14:47:49 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Urs Thuermann <urs@...ogud.escape.de>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@...tkopp.net>,
	Oliver Hartkopp <oliver.hartkopp@...kswagen.de>,
	Urs Thuermann <urs.thuermann@...kswagen.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] CAN: Add PF_CAN core module

Urs Thuermann wrote:
> +static int can_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
> +{
> +	...
> +
> +	spin_lock(&proto_tab_lock);
> +	cp = proto_tab[protocol];
> +	if (cp && !try_module_get(cp->prot->owner))
> +		cp = NULL;
> +	spin_unlock(&proto_tab_lock);
> +
> +	/* check for success and correct type */
> +	if (!cp || cp->type != sock->type) {
> +		ret = -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
> +		goto errout;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (cp->capability >= 0 && !capable(cp->capability)) {
> +		ret = -EPERM;
> +		goto errout;
> +	}
> +
> +	sock->ops = cp->ops;


You drop the module reference again when leaving this function.
So sock->ops might contain a stale pointer if the module is
unloaded after this. You need to either keep the module reference
while the socket is alive or remove stale references when
unregistering the protocol.

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