netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] devlink: Fix use-after-free when destroying health reporters

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:43:14 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, jiri@...lanox.com,
        moshe@...lanox.com, vladyslavt@...lanox.com, cai@....pw,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com, Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] devlink: Fix use-after-free when destroying
 health reporters

On Mon, 13 Jul 2020 18:20:14 +0300 Ido Schimmel wrote:
> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> 
> Dereferencing the reporter after it was destroyed in order to unlock the
> reporters lock results in a use-after-free [1].
> 
> Fix this by storing a pointer to the lock in a local variable before
> destroying the reporter.

Reviewed-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>