3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ 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 @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ 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)) @@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ 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 @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ 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; -- 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