[ Upstream commit
372b2312010bece1e36f577d6c99a6193ec54cbd ]
Using plain hlist_del() in dev_change_name() is wrong since a
concurrent reader can crash trying to dereference LIST_POISON1.
Bug introduced in commit
72c9528bab94 (net: Introduce
dev_get_by_name_rcu())
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
}
write_lock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
- hlist_del(&dev->name_hlist);
+ hlist_del_rcu(&dev->name_hlist);
write_unlock_bh(&dev_base_lock);
synchronize_rcu();