[ 023/110] bridge: use br_port_get_rtnl within rtnl lock

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Oct 11 2013 - 16:46:00 EST


3.10-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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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;


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