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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bridge: fix rcu dereference outside of rcu_read_lock
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From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:19:33 -0700

> Alternative solution for problem found by Linux Driver Verification
> project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> As it noted in the comment before the br_handle_frame_finish
> function, this function should be called under rcu_read_lock.
>
> The problem callgraph:
> br_dev_xmit -> br_nf_pre_routing_finish_bridge_slow ->
> -> br_handle_frame_finish -> br_port_get_rcu -> rcu_dereference
>
> And in this case there is no read-lock section.
>
> Reported-by: Denis Efremov <yefremov.denis@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>

Applied, thanks Stephen.

Please CC: this to netdev next time. It's in a grey area whether I or
the netfilter folks should apply this one, and here I'm deciding to
take care of it.



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