From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752228AbXCJGSx (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:18:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752324AbXCJGSw (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:18:52 -0500 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:40946 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752203AbXCJGSu (ORCPT ); Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:18:50 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 22:17:11 -0800 From: Greg KH To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org Cc: Justin Forbes , Zwane Mwaikambo , "Theodore Ts'o" , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , Chuck Wolber , Chris Wedgwood , Michael Krufky , Chuck Ebbert , torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org, Patrick McHardy , davem@davemloft.net, Michal Miroslaw Subject: [patch 05/20] nfnetlink_log: fix use after free Message-ID: <20070310061711.GF31412@kroah.com> References: <20070310061234.465093436@mini.kroah.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline; filename="nfnetlink_log-fix-use-after-free.patch" In-Reply-To: <20070310061603.GA31412@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Patrick McHardy [NETFILTER]: nfnetlink_log: fix use after free Paranoia: instance_put() might have freed the inst pointer when we spin_unlock_bh(). Signed-off-by: Michal Miroslaw Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c +++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c @@ -397,8 +397,8 @@ static void nfulnl_timer(unsigned long d if (timer_pending(&inst->timer)) /* is it always true or false here? */ del_timer(&inst->timer); __nfulnl_send(inst); - instance_put(inst); spin_unlock_bh(&inst->lock); + instance_put(inst); } /* This is an inline function, we don't really care about a long --