This is a fix for bug, introduced in 3.4 kernel by commit 1ab5ecb90cb6a3df1476e052f76a6e8f6511cb3d, which, among other things, replaced simple sock_put() by sk_release_kernel(). Below is sequence, which leads to oops for non-persistent devices:
tun_chr_close() tun_detach() <== tun->socket.file = NULL tun_free_netdev() sk_release_sock() sock_release(sock->file == NULL) iput(SOCK_INODE(sock)) <== dereference on NULL pointer This patch just removes zeroing of socket's file from __tun_detach(). sock_release() will do this. Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbur...@parallels.com> --- drivers/net/tun.c | 1 - 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c index 987aeef..c1639f3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ static void __tun_detach(struct tun_struct *tun) netif_tx_lock_bh(tun->dev); netif_carrier_off(tun->dev); tun->tfile = NULL; - tun->socket.file = NULL; netif_tx_unlock_bh(tun->dev); /* Drop read queue */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/