netdev - Re: [PATCH] net/802/mrp: fix possible race condition when calling mrp_pdu

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Message-Id: <20130412.151125.1267276967257090325.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:11:25 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	david.ward@...mit.edu
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, amwang@...hat.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/802/mrp: fix possible race condition when calling
 mrp_pdu_queue()

From: David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 19:47:15 -0400

> (Adapted from a very similar change to net/802/garp.c by Cong Wang.)
> 
> mrp_pdu_queue() should ways be called with the applicant spin lock.
> mrp_uninit_applicant() only holds the rtnl lock which is not enough;
> a race is possible because mrp_rcv() is called in BH context:
> 
> 	mrp_rcv()
> 	  |->mrp_pdu_parse_msg()
> 	    |->mrp_pdu_parse_vecattr()
> 	      |->mrp_pdu_parse_vecattr_event()
> 	        |-> mrp_attr_event()
> 	          |-> mrp_pdu_append_vecattr_event()
> 	            |-> mrp_pdu_queue()
> 
> Cc: Cong Wang <amwang@...hat.com>
> Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Ward <david.ward@...mit.edu>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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