linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] Compare namespaces when comparing addresses in auth

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Message-ID: <BANLkTi=sh1CB+e1EhU-c-Bs3BCszWEBTMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:57:37 +0300
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	"Serge E. Hallyn" <serge@...lyn.com>
Cc:	Rob Landley <rlandley@...allels.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Tim Spriggs <tims@...irise.org>,
	Kir Kolyshkin <kir@...allels.com>,
	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Compare namespaces when comparing addresses in
 auth_unix cache.

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Serge E. Hallyn <serge@...lyn.com> wrote:

> Besides use-after-free, the other concern is an invalid net_eq()
> result due to the * being re-used for a new netns.

Exactly.

"struct net" dies last, no exceptions, anything different is a disaster.
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