linux-kernel - [056/146] net: use hlist_del_rcu() in dev_change

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Message-Id: <20110601080316.831763002@blue.kroah.org>
Date:	Wed, 01 Jun 2011 16:59:52 +0900
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [056/146] net: use hlist_del_rcu() in dev_change_name()

2.6.38-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

[ Upstream commit 372b2312010bece1e36f577d6c99a6193ec54cbd ]

Using plain hlist_del() in dev_change_name() is wrong since a
concurrent reader can crash trying to dereference LIST_POISON1.

Bug introduced in commit 72c9528bab94 (net: Introduce
dev_get_by_name_rcu())

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 net/core/dev.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ rollback:
 	}
 
 	write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
-	hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
+	hlist_del_rcu(&dev->name_hlist);
 	write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
 
 	synchronize_rcu();


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