netdev - [PATCH 5/5] xfrm: Fix unlink race when policies are deleted.

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Date:	Thu, 27 Feb 2014 07:16:39 +0100
From:	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
	Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] xfrm: Fix unlink race when policies are deleted.

When a policy is unlinked from the lists in thread context,
the xfrm timer can fire before we can mark this policy as dead.
So reinitialize the bydst hlist, then hlist_unhashed() will
notice that this policy is not linked and will avoid a
doulble unlink of that policy.

Reported-by: Xianpeng Zhao <673321875@...com>
Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
---
 net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
index 4b98b25..1d5c7bf 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_policy.c
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ static struct xfrm_policy *__xfrm_policy_unlink(struct xfrm_policy *pol,
 	if (hlist_unhashed(&pol->bydst))
 		return NULL;
 
-	hlist_del(&pol->bydst);
+	hlist_del_init(&pol->bydst);
 	hlist_del(&pol->byidx);
 	list_del(&pol->walk.all);
 	net->xfrm.policy_count[dir]--;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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