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authorGuillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr>2018-04-10 21:01:13 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-04-11 17:41:27 -0400
commitf6cd651b056ffd3b4e8496afd44d4ed44bf69136 (patch)
treef616d85bc1fa0339fc227d4672cea1f4b4042a30 /net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
parentl2tp: fix races in tunnel creation (diff)
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l2tp: fix race in duplicate tunnel detection
We can't use l2tp_tunnel_find() to prevent l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_create() from creating a duplicate tunnel. A tunnel can be concurrently registered after l2tp_tunnel_find() returns. Therefore, searching for duplicates must be done at registration time. Finally, remove l2tp_tunnel_find() entirely as it isn't use anywhere anymore. Fixes: 309795f4bec2 ("l2tp: Add netlink control API for L2TP") Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@alphalink.fr> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c')
-rw-r--r--net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c6
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 45db9b73eb1a..b05dbd9ffcb2 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -236,12 +236,6 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_create(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info
if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG])
cfg.debug = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_DEBUG]);
- tunnel = l2tp_tunnel_find(net, tunnel_id);
- if (tunnel != NULL) {
- ret = -EEXIST;
- goto out;
- }
-
ret = -EINVAL;
switch (cfg.encap) {
case L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP: