neighbour: Fixed race condition at tbl->nht
When the fixed race condition happens: 1. While function neigh_periodic_work scans the neighbor hash table pointed by field tbl->nht, it unlocks and locks tbl->lock between buckets in order to call cond_resched. 2. Assume that function neigh_periodic_work calls cond_resched, that is, the lock tbl->lock is available, and function neigh_hash_grow runs. 3. Once function neigh_hash_grow finishes, and RCU calls neigh_hash_free_rcu, the original struct neigh_hash_table that function neigh_periodic_work was using doesn't exist anymore. 4. Once back at neigh_periodic_work, whenever the old struct neigh_hash_table is accessed, things can go badly. Signed-off-by: Michel Machado <michel@digirati.com.br> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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@ -826,6 +826,8 @@ static void neigh_periodic_work(struct work_struct *work)
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write_unlock_bh(&tbl->lock);
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cond_resched();
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write_lock_bh(&tbl->lock);
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nht = rcu_dereference_protected(tbl->nht,
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lockdep_is_held(&tbl->lock));
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}
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/* Cycle through all hash buckets every base_reachable_time/2 ticks.
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* ARP entry timeouts range from 1/2 base_reachable_time to 3/2
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