This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled bridge: use br_port_get_rtnl within rtnl lock to the 3.11-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: bridge-use-br_port_get_rtnl-within-rtnl-lock.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From b4b76708ba3428a64594f7bac50c60a789dbd592 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hong Zhiguo <zhiguohong@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 22:42:27 +0800 Subject: bridge: use br_port_get_rtnl within rtnl lock From: Hong Zhiguo <zhiguohong@xxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 1fb1754a8c70d69ab480763c423e0a74369c4a67 ] current br_port_get_rcu is problematic in bridging path (NULL deref). Change these calls in netlink path first. Signed-off-by: Hong Zhiguo <zhiguohong@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/bridge/br_netlink.c | 4 ++-- net/bridge/br_private.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c +++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ int br_getlink(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 struct net_device *dev, u32 filter_mask) { int err = 0; - struct net_bridge_port *port = br_port_get_rcu(dev); + struct net_bridge_port *port = br_port_get_rtnl(dev); /* not a bridge port and */ if (!port && !(filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_BRVLAN)) @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static size_t br_get_link_af_size(const struct net_port_vlans *pv; if (br_port_exists(dev)) - pv = nbp_get_vlan_info(br_port_get_rcu(dev)); + pv = nbp_get_vlan_info(br_port_get_rtnl(dev)); else if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_EBRIDGE) pv = br_get_vlan_info((struct net_bridge *)netdev_priv(dev)); else --- a/net/bridge/br_private.h +++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h @@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ static inline struct net_bridge_port *br return br_port_exists(dev) ? port : NULL; } -static inline struct net_bridge_port *br_port_get_rtnl(struct net_device *dev) +static inline struct net_bridge_port *br_port_get_rtnl(const struct net_device *dev) { return br_port_exists(dev) ? rtnl_dereference(dev->rx_handler_data) : NULL; Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from zhiguohong@xxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.11/bridge-use-br_port_get_rtnl-within-rtnl-lock.patch queue-3.11/bridge-fix-null-pointer-deref-of-br_port_get_rcu.patch -- 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