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veth: fix a NULL deref in netif_carrier_off

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In commit d0e2c55e7c (veth: avoid a NULL deref in veth_stats_one)
we now clear the peer pointers in veth_dellink()

veth_close() must therefore make sure the peer pointer is set.

Reported-by: Tom Parkin <tom.parkin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Eric Dumazet 2013-01-10 08:32:45 +00:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1f1e495806
commit 2efd32ee1b
1 changed files with 3 additions and 1 deletions
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drivers/net/veth.c
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@ -206,9 +206,11 @@ static int veth_open(struct net_device *dev)
static int veth_close(struct net_device *dev)
{
struct veth_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
struct net_device *peer = rtnl_dereference(priv->peer);
netif_carrier_off(dev);
netif_carrier_off(rtnl_dereference(priv->peer));
if (peer)
netif_carrier_off(peer);
return 0;
}