netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] nfc: close a race condition in llcp_sock

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Date:	Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:43:44 +0100
From:	Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dvyukov@...gle.com,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
	Lauro Ramos Venancio <lauro.venancio@...nbossa.org>,
	Aloisio Almeida Jr <aloisio.almeida@...nbossa.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] nfc: close a race condition in llcp_sock_getname()

Hi Cong,

On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:37:40AM -0800, Cong Wang wrote:
> llcp_sock_getname() checks llcp_sock->dev to make sure
> llcp_sock is already connected or bound, however, we could
> be in the middle of llcp_sock_bind() where llcp_sock->dev
> is bound and llcp_sock->service_name_len is set,
> but llcp_sock->service_name is not, in this case we would
> lead to copy some bytes from a NULL pointer.
> 
> Just lock the sock since this is not a hot path anyway.
> 
> Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
> Cc: Lauro Ramos Venancio <lauro.venancio@...nbossa.org>
> Cc: Aloisio Almeida Jr <aloisio.almeida@...nbossa.org>
> Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/nfc/llcp_sock.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
Applied as well, thanks.

Cheers,
Samuel.