This patch fixes a crash that may occur when the routine dev_mc_sync() deletes an address from the list it is currently going through. It saves the pointer to the next element before deleting the current one. The problem may also exist in dev_mc_unsync(). Signed-off-by: Benjamin Thery --- net/core/dev_mcast.c | 14 ++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6.23-rc2/net/core/dev_mcast.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc2.orig/net/core/dev_mcast.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc2/net/core/dev_mcast.c @@ -116,11 +116,13 @@ int dev_mc_add(struct net_device *dev, v */ int dev_mc_sync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from) { - struct dev_addr_list *da; + struct dev_addr_list *da, *next; int err = 0; netif_tx_lock_bh(to); - for (da = from->mc_list; da != NULL; da = da->next) { + da = from->mc_list; + while (da != NULL) { + next = da->next; if (!da->da_synced) { err = __dev_addr_add(&to->mc_list, &to->mc_count, da->da_addr, da->da_addrlen, 0); @@ -134,6 +136,7 @@ int dev_mc_sync(struct net_device *to, s __dev_addr_delete(&from->mc_list, &from->mc_count, da->da_addr, da->da_addrlen, 0); } + da = next; } if (!err) __dev_set_rx_mode(to); @@ -156,12 +159,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_mc_sync); */ void dev_mc_unsync(struct net_device *to, struct net_device *from) { - struct dev_addr_list *da; + struct dev_addr_list *da, next; netif_tx_lock_bh(from); netif_tx_lock_bh(to); - for (da = from->mc_list; da != NULL; da = da->next) { + da = from->mc_list; + while (da != NULL) { + next = da->next; if (!da->da_synced) continue; __dev_addr_delete(&to->mc_list, &to->mc_count, @@ -169,6 +174,7 @@ void dev_mc_unsync(struct net_device *to da->da_synced = 0; __dev_addr_delete(&from->mc_list, &from->mc_count, da->da_addr, da->da_addrlen, 0); + da = next; } __dev_set_rx_mode(to); -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html