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net/vmw_vsock: improve locking in vsock_connect_timeout()
authorNorbert Slusarek <nslusarek@gmx.net>
Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:14:05 +0000 (13:14 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 23:03:31 +0000 (15:03 -0800)
commite020ab3fe0c0689896af25df72dbd0a60bff7560
tree406396f7f0faf47889c6c7c37b77029dc0e6fd31
parent4cb822af754976fd9be2046aaca2ff1ecdb1dc6f
net/vmw_vsock: improve locking in vsock_connect_timeout()

A possible locking issue in vsock_connect_timeout() was recognized by
Eric Dumazet which might cause a null pointer dereference in
vsock_transport_cancel_pkt(). This patch assures that
vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() will be called within the lock, so a race
condition won't occur which could result in vsk->transport to be set to NULL.

Fixes: cb74db32b3b0 ("vsock: cancel packets when failing to connect")
Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Norbert Slusarek <nslusarek@gmx.net>
Reviewed-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/trinity-f8e0937a-cf0e-4d80-a76e-d9a958ba3ef1-1612535522360@3c-app-gmx-bap12
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c