netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: rose: fix UAF bug caused by rose_t0timer

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Date:   Wed, 6 Jul 2022 19:02:37 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Duoming Zhou <duoming@....edu.cn>
Cc:     linux-hams@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, pabeni@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: rose: fix UAF bug caused by
 rose_t0timer_expiry

On Tue,  5 Jul 2022 20:56:10 +0800 Duoming Zhou wrote:
> +	del_timer_sync(&rose_neigh->t0timer);

/**
 * del_timer_sync - deactivate a timer and wait for the handler to finish.
[...]
 * Synchronization rules: Callers must prevent restarting of the timer,
 * otherwise this function is meaningless.

how is the restarting prevented? If I'm looking right 
rose_t0timer_expiry() rearms the timer.