[PATCH] Freeing dst when the reference count <0 causes general protection fault, it could be a major security flaw as rogue app can modify dst to crash kernel.

[Shakil A Khan]

Signed-off-by: Shakil A Khan <shakilk1...@gmail.com>
---
 net/core/dst.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dst.c b/net/core/dst.c
index a028409..6a848b0 100644
--- a/net/core/dst.c
+++ b/net/core/dst.c
@@ -284,7 +284,10 @@ void dst_release(struct dst_entry *dst)
                int newrefcnt;
 
                newrefcnt = atomic_dec_return(&dst->__refcnt);
-               WARN_ON(newrefcnt < 0);
+
+               if (WARN(newrefcnt < 0, "dst reference count less than zero"))
+                       return;
+
                if (unlikely(dst->flags & DST_NOCACHE) && !newrefcnt)
                        call_rcu(&dst->rcu_head, dst_destroy_rcu);
        }
-- 
1.9.3

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