Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Feb 2011 12:14:31 -0800 (PST) | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: deinit automatic LIST_HEAD | From | David Miller <> |
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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:59:19 +0100
> commit 9b5e383c11b08784 (net: Introduce > unregister_netdevice_many()) left an active LIST_HEAD() in > rollback_registered(), with possible memory corruption. > > Even if device is freed without touching its unreg_list (and therefore > touching the previous memory location holding LISTE_HEAD(single), better > close the bug for good, since its really subtle. > > (Same fix for default_device_exit_batch() for completeness) > > Reported-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.cz> > Reported-by: Eric W. Biderman <ebiderman@xmission.com> > Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Applied.
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