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-rw-r--r--net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
index 69c01e10f8a..de079abd5bc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_RATEEST.c
@@ -60,13 +60,22 @@ struct xt_rateest *xt_rateest_lookup(const char *name)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xt_rateest_lookup);
+static void xt_rateest_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+ kfree(container_of(head, struct xt_rateest, rcu));
+}
+
void xt_rateest_put(struct xt_rateest *est)
{
mutex_lock(&xt_rateest_mutex);
if (--est->refcnt == 0) {
hlist_del(&est->list);
gen_kill_estimator(&est->bstats, &est->rstats);
- kfree(est);
+ /*
+ * gen_estimator est_timer() might access est->lock or bstats,
+ * wait a RCU grace period before freeing 'est'
+ */
+ call_rcu(&est->rcu, xt_rateest_free_rcu);
}
mutex_unlock(&xt_rateest_mutex);
}
@@ -179,6 +188,7 @@ static int __init xt_rateest_tg_init(void)
static void __exit xt_rateest_tg_fini(void)
{
xt_unregister_target(&xt_rateest_tg_reg);
+ rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for completion of call_rcu()'s (xt_rateest_free_rcu) */
}