From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any objections, please let us know. =============== [ Upstream commit 8fa677d2706d325d71dab91bf6e6512c05214e37 ] Under low memory conditions, tcp_sk_init() and icmp_sk_init() can both iterate on all possible cpus and call inet_ctl_sock_destroy(), with eventual NULL pointer. Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx> --- include/net/inet_common.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/net/inet_common.h b/include/net/inet_common.h index 234008782c8c..102fc42c7fb1 100644 --- a/include/net/inet_common.h +++ b/include/net/inet_common.h @@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ extern int inet_ctl_sock_create(struct sock **sk, unsigned short family, static inline void inet_ctl_sock_destroy(struct sock *sk) { - sk_release_kernel(sk); + if (sk) + sk_release_kernel(sk); } #endif -- 2.6.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html