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authorOctavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com>2010-12-16 23:26:56 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-12-16 23:26:56 +0100
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parentbe2net: use mutex instead of spin lock for mbox_lock (diff)
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net: fix nulls list corruptions in sk_prot_alloc
Special care is taken inside sk_port_alloc to avoid overwriting skc_node/skc_nulls_node. We should also avoid overwriting skc_bind_node/skc_portaddr_node. The patch fixes the following crash: BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at fffffffffffffff0 IP: [<ffffffff812ec6dd>] udp4_lib_lookup2+0xad/0x370 [<ffffffff812ecc22>] __udp4_lib_lookup+0x282/0x360 [<ffffffff812ed63e>] __udp4_lib_rcv+0x31e/0x700 [<ffffffff812bba45>] ? ip_local_deliver_finish+0x65/0x190 [<ffffffff812bbbf8>] ? ip_local_deliver+0x88/0xa0 [<ffffffff812eda35>] udp_rcv+0x15/0x20 [<ffffffff812bba45>] ip_local_deliver_finish+0x65/0x190 [<ffffffff812bbbf8>] ip_local_deliver+0x88/0xa0 [<ffffffff812bb2cd>] ip_rcv_finish+0x32d/0x6f0 [<ffffffff8128c14c>] ? netif_receive_skb+0x99c/0x11c0 [<ffffffff812bb94b>] ip_rcv+0x2bb/0x350 [<ffffffff8128c14c>] netif_receive_skb+0x99c/0x11c0 Signed-off-by: Leonard Crestez <lcrestez@ixiacom.com> Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <opurdila@ixiacom.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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