netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/7] xfrm: remove policy lock when accessing policy->walk.dead

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Date:	Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:29:14 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] xfrm: remove policy lock when accessing
	policy->walk.dead

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 05:01:47PM +0300, Timo Teräs wrote:
>
> Since the exported function xfrm_policy_byid() can result in deletion
> of socket policy, it's safer to leave this change in. This is can be
> even triggered via xfrm_user since it does not check 'dir' for the
> policy expired message it handles. Any custom module could do similar
> harm.

That's a bug.  Socket policies should never be deleted by anyone
other than the socket owner through a setsockopt.

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