netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] netfilter: ipset: fix suspicious RCU usage in find_set_and

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Date:   Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:35:25 +0100
From:   Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:     Kadlecsik József <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>
Cc:     syzbot <syzbot+fc69d7cb21258ab4ae4d@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] netfilter: ipset: fix suspicious RCU usage in
 find_set_and_id

On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 08:39:25PM +0100, Kadlecsik József wrote:
> find_set_and_id() is called when the NFNL_SUBSYS_IPSET mutex is held.
> However, in the error path there can be a follow-up recvmsg() without
> the mutex held. Use the start() function of struct netlink_dump_control
> instead of dump() to verify and report if the specified set does not
> exist.

Applied, thanks Jozsef.