netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: fix a race in sock_queue_err

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Message-Id: <20120406.050814.733835930459999701.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:08:14 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: fix a race in sock_queue_err_skb()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:49:10 +0200

> As soon as an skb is queued into socket error queue, another thread
> can consume it, so we are not allowed to reference skb anymore, or risk
> use after free.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.

Thanks for following up on this.
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