[NEIGH]: Fix race between neigh_parms_release and neightbl_fill_parms
The neightbl_fill_parms() is called under the write-locked tbl->lock and accesses the parms->dev. The negh_parm_release() calls the dev_put(parms->dev) without this lock. This creates a tiny race window on which the parms contains potentially stale dev pointer. To fix this race it's enough to move the dev_put() upper under the tbl->lock, but note, that the parms are held by neighbors and thus can live after the neigh_parms_release() is called, so we still can have a parm with bad dev pointer. I didn't find where the neigh->parms->dev is accessed, but still think that putting the dev is to be done in a place, where the parms are really freed. Am I right with that? Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@openvz.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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