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| author |   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> | 2009-11-06 00:23:01 +0000 |
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| committer |   David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2009-11-08 00:33:43 -0800 |
| commit | 6755aebaaf9fc5416acfd4578ab7a1e122ecbc74 (patch) | |
| tree | 09f23419b097b15e7c36954cb98bdf28cdfa5af1 /kernel/fork.c | |
| parent | hisax: remove bad udelay call to fix build error on ARM (diff) | |
| download | wireguard-linux-6755aebaaf9fc5416acfd4578ab7a1e122ecbc74.tar.xz wireguard-linux-6755aebaaf9fc5416acfd4578ab7a1e122ecbc74.zip | |
can: should not use __dev_get_by_index() without locks
bcm_proc_getifname() is called with RTNL and dev_base_lock
not held. It calls __dev_get_by_index() without locks, and
this is illegal (might crash)
Close the race by holding dev_base_lock and copying dev->name
in the protected section.
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Hartkopp <oliver@hartkopp.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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