[3.16.y-ckt stable] Patch "batman-adv: protect tt_local_entry from concurrent delete events" has been added to staging queue

[Luis Henriques]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    batman-adv: protect tt_local_entry from concurrent delete events

to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.16.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt17.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Luis

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>From 379e198c8fc0f1e7efa3d055e7d87d3207f959a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marek Lindner <mareklindner at neomailbox.ch>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 20:01:36 +0800
Subject: batman-adv: protect tt_local_entry from concurrent delete events

commit ef72706a0543d0c3a5ab29bd6378fdfb368118d9 upstream.

The tt_local_entry deletion performed in batadv_tt_local_remove() was neither
protecting against simultaneous deletes nor checking whether the element was
still part of the list before calling hlist_del_rcu().

Replacing the hlist_del_rcu() call with batadv_hash_remove() provides adequate
protection via hash spinlocks as well as an is-element-still-in-hash check to
avoid 'blind' hash removal.

Fixes: 068ee6e204e1 ("batman-adv: roaming handling mechanism redesign")
Reported-by: alfonsname at web.de
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner at neomailbox.ch>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio at meshcoding.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques at canonical.com>
---
 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
index dc0a67fff85b..4503069e29b5 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/translation-table.c
@@ -1018,6 +1018,7 @@ uint16_t batadv_tt_local_remove(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	struct batadv_tt_local_entry *tt_local_entry;
 	uint16_t flags, curr_flags = BATADV_NO_FLAGS;
 	struct batadv_softif_vlan *vlan;
+	void *tt_entry_exists;

 	tt_local_entry = batadv_tt_local_hash_find(bat_priv, addr, vid);
 	if (!tt_local_entry)
@@ -1045,7 +1046,15 @@ uint16_t batadv_tt_local_remove(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	 * immediately purge it
 	 */
 	batadv_tt_local_event(bat_priv, tt_local_entry, BATADV_TT_CLIENT_DEL);
-	hlist_del_rcu(&tt_local_entry->common.hash_entry);
+
+	tt_entry_exists = batadv_hash_remove(bat_priv->tt.local_hash,
+					     batadv_compare_tt,
+					     batadv_choose_tt,
+					     &tt_local_entry->common);
+	if (!tt_entry_exists)
+		goto out;
+
+	/* extra call to free the local tt entry */
 	batadv_tt_local_entry_free_ref(tt_local_entry);

 	/* decrease the reference held for this vlan */