netdev - Re: [PATCH net] sctp: hold the transport before using it in sctp_hash

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Date:   Fri, 09 Sep 2016 19:17:46 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     lucien.xin@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org,
        marcelo.leitner@...il.com, vyasevich@...il.com,
        daniel@...earbox.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] sctp: hold the transport before using it in
 sctp_hash_cmp

From: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
Date: Thu,  8 Sep 2016 17:49:04 +0800

> Now sctp uses the transport without holding it in sctp_hash_cmp,
> it can cause a use-after-free panic. As after it get transport from
> hashtable, another CPU may free it, then the members it accesses
> may be unavailable memory.
> 
> This patch is to use sctp_transport_hold, in which it checks the
> refcnt first, holds it if it's not 0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>

Please add more detail to the commit message and add a proper
"Fixes: " tag right before your signoff.

Thanks.