commit 9b5e383c11b08784 (net: Introduce unregister_netdevice_many()) left an active LIST_HEAD() in rollback_registered(), with possible memory corruption. Even if device is freed without touching its unreg_list (and therefore touching the previous memory location holding LISTE_HEAD(single), better close the bug for good, since its really subtle. (Same fix for default_device_exit_batch() for completeness) Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxx> Reported-by: Eric W. Biderman <ebiderman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@xxxxxxxxx> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> CC: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@xxxxxxxxxxx> CC: Eric W. Biderman <ebiderman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> CC: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> [.33+] --- net/core/dev.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c index a18c164..8ae6631 100644 --- a/net/core/dev.c +++ b/net/core/dev.c @@ -5066,6 +5066,7 @@ static void rollback_registered(struct net_device *dev) list_add(&dev->unreg_list, &single); rollback_registered_many(&single); + list_del(&single); } unsigned long netdev_fix_features(unsigned long features, const char *name) @@ -6219,6 +6220,7 @@ static void __net_exit default_device_exit_batch(struct list_head *net_list) } } unregister_netdevice_many(&dev_kill_list); + list_del(&dev_kill_list); rtnl_unlock(); } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>