[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6187 > > Summary: netlink: possible use after free in netlink_recvmsg > Kernel Version: 2.6.16-git > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Submitter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Spotted by Coverity's checker. > > netlink_recvmsg calls netlink_cmsg_recv_pktinfo(msg, skb) on an skb that the > checker claims may already have been freed by the preceding call to > skb_free_datagram. > > It seems possible to me that this isn't a valid bug, because the refcount on > the > skb may not permit it to ever get freed through this code path. > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
