Patch "packet: fix races in fanout_add()" has been added to the 4.4-stable tree

@@ -1623,6 +1623,7 @@ static void fanout_release_data(struct p
 
 static int fanout_add(struct sock *sk, u16 id, u16 type_flags)
 {
+	struct packet_rollover *rollover = NULL;
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 	struct packet_fanout *f, *match;
 	u8 type = type_flags & 0xff;

@@ -1645,23 +1646,28 @@ static int fanout_add(struct sock *sk, u
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&fanout_mutex);
+
+	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (!po->running)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 
+	err = -EALREADY;
 	if (po->fanout)
-		return -EALREADY;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (type == PACKET_FANOUT_ROLLOVER ||
 	    (type_flags & PACKET_FANOUT_FLAG_ROLLOVER)) {
-		po->rollover = kzalloc(sizeof(*po->rollover), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!po->rollover)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		atomic_long_set(&po->rollover->num, 0);
-		atomic_long_set(&po->rollover->num_huge, 0);
-		atomic_long_set(&po->rollover->num_failed, 0);
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		rollover = kzalloc(sizeof(*rollover), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!rollover)
+			goto out;
+		atomic_long_set(&rollover->num, 0);
+		atomic_long_set(&rollover->num_huge, 0);
+		atomic_long_set(&rollover->num_failed, 0);
+		po->rollover = rollover;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&fanout_mutex);
 	match = NULL;
 	list_for_each_entry(f, &fanout_list, list) {
 		if (f->id == id &&

@@ -1708,11 +1714,11 @@ static int fanout_add(struct sock *sk, u
 		}
 	}
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&fanout_mutex);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(po->rollover);
+	if (err && rollover) {
+		kfree(rollover);
 		po->rollover = NULL;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&fanout_mutex);
 	return err;
 }
 

@@ -1721,23 +1727,22 @@ static void fanout_release(struct sock *
 	struct packet_sock *po = pkt_sk(sk);
 	struct packet_fanout *f;
 
+	mutex_lock(&fanout_mutex);
 	f = po->fanout;
-	if (!f)
-		return;
+	if (f) {
+		po->fanout = NULL;
 
-	mutex_lock(&fanout_mutex);
-	po->fanout = NULL;
+		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&f->sk_ref)) {
+			list_del(&f->list);
+			dev_remove_pack(&f->prot_hook);
+			fanout_release_data(f);
+			kfree(f);
+		}
 
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&f->sk_ref)) {
-		list_del(&f->list);
-		dev_remove_pack(&f->prot_hook);
-		fanout_release_data(f);
-		kfree(f);
+		if (po->rollover)
+			kfree_rcu(po->rollover, rcu);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&fanout_mutex);
-
-	if (po->rollover)
-		kfree_rcu(po->rollover, rcu);
 }
 
 static bool packet_extra_vlan_len_allowed(const struct net_device *dev,