[PATCH] ipv6: icmp: Add protection from concurrent users in the function icmpv6_echo_reply

From: Bastien Philbert
Date: Tue Apr 05 2016 - 17:28:19 EST


This adds protection from concurrenct users in the function
icmpv6_echo_reply around the call to the function __in6_dev_get
by locking/unlocking around this call with calls to the functions
rtnl_lock and rtnl_unlock to protect against concurrent users
when calling this function in icmpv6_echo_reply as stated in the
comments for locking requirements for the function, __in6_dev_get.

Signed-off-by: Bastien Philbert <bastienphilbert@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/icmp.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 0a37ddc..798434f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -607,7 +607,9 @@ static void icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)

hlimit = ip6_sk_dst_hoplimit(np, &fl6, dst);

+ rtnl_lock();
idev = __in6_dev_get(skb->dev);
+ rtnl_unlock();

msg.skb = skb;
msg.offset = 0;
--
2.5.0