netdev - Re: [PATCH net] inet_diag: fix access to tcp cc information

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Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2015 13:28:52 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] inet_diag: fix access to tcp cc information

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 18:10:35 -0700

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Two different problems are fixed here :
> 
> 1) inet_sk_diag_fill() might be called without socket lock held.
>    icsk->icsk_ca_ops can change under us and module be unloaded.
>    -> Access to freed memory.
>    Fix this using rcu_read_lock() to prevent module unload.
> 
> 2) Some TCP Congestion Control modules provide information
>    but again this is not safe against icsk->icsk_ca_ops
>    change and nla_put() errors were ignored. Some sockets
>    could not get the additional info if skb was almost full.
> 
> Fix this by returning a status from get_info() handlers and
> using rcu protection as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.
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