net: use hlist_del_rcu() in dev_change_name()
authorEric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Tue, 17 May 2011 17:56:59 +0000 (13:56 -0400)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Tue, 17 May 2011 17:56:59 +0000 (13:56 -0400)
Using plain hlist_del() in dev_change_name() is wrong since a
concurrent reader can crash trying to dereference LIST_POISON1.

Bug introduced in commit 72c9528bab94 (net: Introduce
dev_get_by_name_rcu())

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/core/dev.c

index b624fe4d9bd7ce408ab93d324ad7cc8413d8f4b8..30a4078b3fa27011079c7ae31d0ab828593849f1 100644 (file)
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ rollback:
        }
 
        write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
-       hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
+       hlist_del_rcu(&dev->name_hlist);
        write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
 
        synchronize_rcu();