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net/ipv6: avoid possible dead locking on addr_gen_mode sysctl

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The addr_gen_mode variable can be accessed by both sysctl and netlink.
Repleacd rtnl_lock() with rtnl_trylock() protect the sysctl operation to
avoid the possbile dead lock.`

Signed-off-by: Felix Jia <felix.jia@alliedtelesis.co.nz>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Felix Jia 2017-02-27 12:41:23 +13:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent a3695e9751
commit 8c171d6ca5
1 changed files with 15 additions and 7 deletions
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net/ipv6/addrconf.c
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@ -5692,13 +5692,18 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_addr_gen_mode(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
struct inet6_dev *idev = (struct inet6_dev *)ctl->extra1;
struct net *net = (struct net *)ctl->extra2;
if (!rtnl_trylock())
return restart_syscall();
ret = proc_dointvec(ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
if (write) {
new_val = *((int *)ctl->data);
if (check_addr_gen_mode(new_val) < 0)
return -EINVAL;
if (check_addr_gen_mode(new_val) < 0) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
/* request for default */
if (&net->ipv6.devconf_dflt->addr_gen_mode == ctl->data) {
@ -5707,20 +5712,23 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_addr_gen_mode(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
/* request for individual net device */
} else {
if (!idev)
return ret;
goto out;
if (check_stable_privacy(idev, net, new_val) < 0)
return -EINVAL;
if (check_stable_privacy(idev, net, new_val) < 0) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out;
}
if (idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode != new_val) {
idev->cnf.addr_gen_mode = new_val;
rtnl_lock();
addrconf_dev_config(idev->dev);
rtnl_unlock();
}
}
}
out:
rtnl_unlock();
return ret;
}