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Eric Dumazet 5c398dc8f5 netlink: fix netlink_change_ngroups() 
commit 6c04bb18dd (netlink: use call_rcu for netlink_change_ngroups)
used a somewhat convoluted and racy way to perform call_rcu().

The old block of memory is freed after a grace period, but the rcu_head
used to track it is located in new block.

This can clash if we call two times or more netlink_change_ngroups(),
and a block is freed before another. call_rcu() called on different cpus
makes no guarantee in order of callbacks.

Fix this using a more standard way of handling this : Each block of
memory contains its own rcu_head, so that no 'use after free' can
happens.

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
CC: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
CC: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2010-10-24 16:25:39 -07:00
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9p 9p: client code cleanup 2010-10-21 04:26:39 -07:00
802 net: return operator cleanup 2010-09-23 14:33:39 -07:00
8021q vlan: Centralize handling of hardware acceleration. 2010-10-21 01:26:53 -07:00
appletalk
atm Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
ax25 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
bluetooth Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
bridge bridge: Forward reserved group addresses if !STP 2010-10-21 04:25:48 -07:00
caif Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-10-06 19:39:31 -07:00
can can-raw: add msg_flags to distinguish local traffic 2010-10-21 04:27:03 -07:00
ceph ceph: fix num_pages_free accounting in pagelist 2010-10-20 15:38:23 -07:00
core pktgen: clean up handling of local/transient counter vars 2010-10-24 15:23:35 -07:00
dcb
dccp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
decnet net dst: use a percpu_counter to track entries 2010-10-11 13:06:53 -07:00
dns_resolver DNS: If the DNS server returns an error, allow that to be cached [ver #2] 2010-08-11 17:11:28 +00:00
dsa phylib: available for any speed ethernet 2010-08-11 23:03:50 -07:00
econet net: return operator cleanup 2010-09-23 14:33:39 -07:00
ethernet net: return operator cleanup 2010-09-23 14:33:39 -07:00
ieee802154
ipv4 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
ipv6 tproxy: Add missing CAP_NET_ADMIN check to ipv6 side 2010-10-24 16:07:50 -07:00
ipx BKL: introduce CONFIG_BKL. 2010-10-21 15:44:13 +02:00
irda Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
iucv
key net: return operator cleanup 2010-09-23 14:33:39 -07:00
l2tp l2tp: make local function static 2010-10-24 14:55:47 -07:00
lapb
llc net/llc: storing negative error codes in unsigned short 2010-09-16 22:38:23 -07:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
netfilter Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
netlabel
netlink netlink: fix netlink_change_ngroups() 2010-10-24 16:25:39 -07:00
netrom
packet net: simplify flags for tx timestamping 2010-08-19 00:08:30 -07:00
phonet phonet: remove the unused variable pn 2010-10-20 01:55:54 -07:00
rds Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-10-21 08:43:05 -07:00
rfkill Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
rose Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-09-27 01:03:03 -07:00
rxrpc Add a dummy printk function for the maintenance of unused printks 2010-08-12 09:51:35 -07:00
sched Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
sctp Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
sunrpc Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2010-10-24 13:41:39 -07:00
tipc Merge branch 'master' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6 2010-10-21 08:43:05 -07:00
unix AF_UNIX: Implement SO_TIMESTAMP and SO_TIMETAMPNS on Unix sockets 2010-10-05 14:54:36 -07:00
wanrouter fix printk typo 'faild' 2010-08-09 11:25:17 +02:00
wimax
wireless Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
x25 Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
xfrm xfrm: make xfrm_bundle_ok local 2010-10-21 03:09:46 -07:00
compat.c
Kconfig ceph: factor out libceph from Ceph file system 2010-10-20 15:37:28 -07:00
Makefile ceph: factor out libceph from Ceph file system 2010-10-20 15:37:28 -07:00
nonet.c llseek: automatically add .llseek fop 2010-10-15 15:53:27 +02:00
socket.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6 2010-10-23 11:47:02 -07:00
sysctl_net.c
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