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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_output.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index f7b53effc80f..1b9ebee7308f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -70,11 +70,15 @@ static int ip6_finish_output2(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
/* Be paranoid, rather than too clever. */
if (unlikely(hh_len > skb_headroom(skb)) && dev->header_ops) {
+ /* Make sure idev stays alive */
+ rcu_read_lock();
skb = skb_expand_head(skb, hh_len);
if (!skb) {
IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return -ENOMEM;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);