netdev - Re: possible double call of kfree_skb in net/llc/llc

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Date:	Tue, 27 May 2008 09:20:06 +0300
From:	"Pekka Enberg" <penberg@...helsinki.fi>
To:	"Patrick McHardy" <kaber@...sh.net>
Cc:	"Dmitry Petukhov" <dmgenp@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Linux Netdev List" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: possible double call of kfree_skb in net/llc/llc_sap.c

Dmitry Petukhov wrote:
>> In the file  net/llc/llc_sap.c, funcion llc_sap_state_process,
>> the call to kfree_skb in the line 227 can proceed even if skb was already
>> freed
>> on line 218, or  224, or queued to the user within sock_queue_rcv_skb
>> function.
>> Obviously return statement is missing after line 225.
>>
>> This problem was found by Alex Shevkov.

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:16 AM, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net> wrote:
> Could you send a patch please?

I wonder how the code got in that shape but it's probably best to just
remove the extra kfree_skb() calls and do it unconditionally at the
end of the function.
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