netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid NULL deref in inet_ctl_sock

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Message-Id: <1446483199.1604795.426897569.53235AF0@webmail.messagingengine.com>
Date:	Mon, 02 Nov 2015 17:53:19 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: avoid NULL deref in inet_ctl_sock_destroy()

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015, at 16:50, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> Under low memory conditions, tcp_sk_init() and icmp_sk_init()
> can both iterate on all possible cpus and call inet_ctl_sock_destroy(),
> with eventual NULL pointer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>

Eric, was this a private report or some of those floating around
publicly?

Thanks,
Hannes
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