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Message-Id: <1274796709-29988-1-git-send-email-remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com>
Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 17:11:49 +0300
From:	Rémi Denis-Courmont 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net] Phonet: fix potential use-after-free in pep_sock_close()

From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>

sk_common_release() might destroy our last reference to the socket.
So an extra temporary reference is needed during cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Rémi Denis-Courmont <remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
---
 net/phonet/pep.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/phonet/pep.c b/net/phonet/pep.c
index af4d38b..7b048a3 100644
--- a/net/phonet/pep.c
+++ b/net/phonet/pep.c
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ static void pep_sock_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 	struct pep_sock *pn = pep_sk(sk);
 	int ifindex = 0;
 
+	sock_hold(sk); /* keep a reference after sk_common_release() */
 	sk_common_release(sk);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
@@ -644,6 +645,7 @@ static void pep_sock_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 
 	if (ifindex)
 		gprs_detach(sk);
+	sock_put(sk);
 }
 
 static int pep_wait_connreq(struct sock *sk, int noblock)
-- 
1.7.0.4

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