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authorstephen hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>2010-11-15 01:38:13 -0500
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-11-15 14:13:17 -0500
commitb5ed54e94d324f17c97852296d61a143f01b227a (patch)
tree2104d3cde24efc1145bc71beb4b61d79ed841132 /net/bridge/br_netlink.c
parent61391cde9eefac5cfcf6d214aa80c77e58b1626b (diff)
bridge: fix RCU races with bridge port
The macro br_port_exists() is not enough protection when only RCU is being used. There is a tiny race where other CPU has cleared port handler hook, but is bridge port flag might still be set. Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/bridge/br_netlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/bridge/br_netlink.c10
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 4a6a378c84e3..e3de0a428f5d 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -119,11 +119,13 @@ static int br_dump_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
119 119
120 idx = 0; 120 idx = 0;
121 for_each_netdev(net, dev) { 121 for_each_netdev(net, dev) {
122 struct net_bridge_port *port = br_port_get(dev);
123
122 /* not a bridge port */ 124 /* not a bridge port */
123 if (!br_port_exists(dev) || idx < cb->args[0]) 125 if (!port || idx < cb->args[0])
124 goto skip; 126 goto skip;
125 127
126 if (br_fill_ifinfo(skb, br_port_get(dev), 128 if (br_fill_ifinfo(skb, port,
127 NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid, 129 NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).pid,
128 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, RTM_NEWLINK, 130 cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, RTM_NEWLINK,
129 NLM_F_MULTI) < 0) 131 NLM_F_MULTI) < 0)
@@ -169,9 +171,9 @@ static int br_rtm_setlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
169 if (!dev) 171 if (!dev)
170 return -ENODEV; 172 return -ENODEV;
171 173
172 if (!br_port_exists(dev))
173 return -EINVAL;
174 p = br_port_get(dev); 174 p = br_port_get(dev);
175 if (!p)
176 return -EINVAL;
175 177
176 /* if kernel STP is running, don't allow changes */ 178 /* if kernel STP is running, don't allow changes */
177 if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP) 179 if (p->br->stp_enabled == BR_KERNEL_STP)