From 66e56cd46b93ef407c60adcac62cf33b06119d50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Borkmann Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2013 11:36:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] packet: fix send path when running with proto == 0 Commit e40526cb20b5 introduced a cached dev pointer, that gets hooked into register_prot_hook(), __unregister_prot_hook() to update the device used for the send path. We need to fix this up, as otherwise this will not work with sockets created with protocol = 0, plus with sll_protocol = 0 passed via sockaddr_ll when doing the bind. So instead, assign the pointer directly. The compiler can inline these helper functions automagically. While at it, also assume the cached dev fast-path as likely(), and document this variant of socket creation as it seems it is not widely used (seems not even the author of TX_RING was aware of that in his reference example [1]). Tested with reproducer from e40526cb20b5. [1] http://wiki.ipxwarzone.com/index.php5?title=Linux_packet_mmap#Example Fixes: e40526cb20b5 ("packet: fix use after free race in send path when dev is released") Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann Tested-by: Salam Noureddine Tested-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Reading git-format-patch failed