netdev - Re: [PATCH] caif: fix two caif

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Message-Id: <20101005.203858.115928630.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 05 Oct 2010 20:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, sjur.brandeland@...ricsson.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] caif: fix two caif_connect() bugs

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:42:08 +0200

> caif_connect() might dereference a netdevice after dev_put() it.
> 
> It also doesnt check dev_get_by_index() return value and could
> dereference a NULL pointer.
> 
> Fix it, using RCU to avoid taking a reference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks Eric.
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