linux-kernel - [ 024/187] net: l2tp_eth: fix kernel panic on rmmod l2tp

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Message-Id: <20120712191524.496911835@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:	Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:33:00 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>,
	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: [ 024/187] net: l2tp_eth: fix kernel panic on rmmod l2tp_eth

From: Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------


From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

[ Upstream commit a06998b88b1651c5f71c0e35f528bf2057188ead ]

We must prevent module unloading if some devices are still attached to
l2tp_eth driver.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Reported-by: Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>
Tested-by: Denys Fedoryshchenko <denys@...p.net.lb>
Cc: James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c |    2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_eth.c
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ static void l2tp_eth_delete(struct l2tp_
 		if (dev) {
 			unregister_netdev(dev);
 			spriv->dev = NULL;
+			module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ static int l2tp_eth_create(struct net *n
 	if (rc < 0)
 		goto out_del_dev;
 
+	__module_get(THIS_MODULE);
 	/* Must be done after register_netdev() */
 	strlcpy(session->ifname, dev->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 


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