netdev - Re: [PATCH] af_key: mark policy as dead before destroying

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Date:	Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:09:07 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	adobriyan@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] af_key: mark policy as dead before destroying

From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 05:49:54 +0300

> xfrm_policy_destroy() will oops if not dead policy is passed to it.
> On error path in pfkey_compile_policy() exactly this happens.
> 
> Oopsable for CAP_NET_ADMIN owners.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>

Good catch, applied to net-2.6

Thanks.
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