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Re: [PATCH net 0/2] l2tp: fix some races in session deletion

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2017-09-25 21:45:02

From: Guillaume Nault <redacted>
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:39:22 +0200
L2TP provides several interfaces for deleting sessions. Using two of
them concurrently can lead to use-after-free bugs.

Patch #2 uses a flag to prevent double removal of L2TP sessions.
Patch #1 fixes a bug found in the way. Fixing this bug is also
necessary for patch #2 to handle all cases.

This issue is similar to the tunnel deletion bug being worked on by
Sabrina: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/814173/
Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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