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-rw-r--r--net/ax25/af_ax25.c12
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index ecb14ee00498..b4725ff317c0 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -87,10 +87,22 @@ static void ax25_kill_by_device(struct net_device *dev)
return;
spin_lock_bh(&ax25_list_lock);
+again:
ax25_for_each(s, node, &ax25_list) {
if (s->ax25_dev == ax25_dev) {
s->ax25_dev = NULL;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&ax25_list_lock);
ax25_disconnect(s, ENETUNREACH);
+ spin_lock_bh(&ax25_list_lock);
+
+ /* The entry could have been deleted from the
+ * list meanwhile and thus the next pointer is
+ * no longer valid. Play it safe and restart
+ * the scan. Forward progress is ensured
+ * because we set s->ax25_dev to NULL and we
+ * are never passed a NULL 'dev' argument.
+ */
+ goto again;
}
}
spin_unlock_bh(&ax25_list_lock);