Re: [PATCH v2 net] ping: implement proper locking

2017-03-24 Thread David Miller
From: Eric Dumazet Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:36:13 -0700 > From: Eric Dumazet > > We got a report of yet another bug in ping > > http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/24/6 > > ->disconnect() is not called with socket lock held. > > Fix this by acquiring ping rwlock earlier. > >

[PATCH v2 net] ping: implement proper locking

2017-03-24 Thread Eric Dumazet
From: Eric Dumazet We got a report of yet another bug in ping http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/24/6 ->disconnect() is not called with socket lock held. Fix this by acquiring ping rwlock earlier. Thanks to Daniel, Alexander and Andrey for letting us know this problem. Fixes: