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-rw-r--r--net/ipv6/ip6_output.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 1b9ebee7308f..f26841f1490f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -287,11 +287,15 @@ int ip6_xmit(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi6 *fl6,
head_room += opt->opt_nflen + opt->opt_flen;
if (unlikely(head_room > skb_headroom(skb))) {
+ /* Make sure idev stays alive */
+ rcu_read_lock();
skb = skb_expand_head(skb, head_room);
if (!skb) {
IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
return -ENOBUFS;
}
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
if (opt) {