Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:13:43 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0-r574664 (2007-09-11) on oss.sgi.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no version=3.3.0-r574664 Received: from cuda.sgi.com ([192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m7D9DdLU006940 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:13:41 -0700 X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1218618896-2ed3011b0000-w1Z2WR X-Barracuda-URL: http://cuda.sgi.com:80/cgi-bin/mark.cgi Received: from mail.lichtvoll.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 723EC19D0660 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:14:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.lichtvoll.de (mondschein.lichtvoll.de [194.150.191.11]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id b22JgnUeeT1H4xsU for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:14:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shambala.of.teamix.net (blackhole.teamix.net [194.150.191.251]) by mail.lichtvoll.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id D04395AE4E for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:14:55 +0200 (CEST) From: Martin Steigerwald To: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: TAKE 985525 - Fix use after free in xfs_log_done(). Subject: Re: TAKE 985525 - Fix use after free in xfs_log_done(). Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:15:02 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <20080812044629.B2DE858C52A4@chook.melbourne.sgi.com> <200808122253.57666.Martin@lichtvoll.de> (sfid-20080812_225744_709880_4EB8AD8F) In-Reply-To: <200808122253.57666.Martin@lichtvoll.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200808131115.03350.Martin@lichtvoll.de> X-Barracuda-Connect: mondschein.lichtvoll.de[194.150.191.11] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1218618897 X-Barracuda-Bayes: INNOCENT GLOBAL 0.0000 1.0000 -2.0210 X-Barracuda-Virus-Scanned: by cuda.sgi.com at sgi.com X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: -1.42 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=-1.42 using per-user scores of TAG_LEVEL=2.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=2.1 tests=MARKETING_SUBJECT X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.1.2521 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.60 MARKETING_SUBJECT Subject contains popular marketing words X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/6021/Wed Feb 27 15:55:48 2008 on oss.sgi.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-archive-position: 17509 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: Martin@lichtvoll.de Precedence: bulk X-list: xfs Am Dienstag 12 August 2008 schrieb Martin Steigerwald: > Am Dienstag 12 August 2008 schrieb Lachlan McIlroy: > > Fix use after free in xfs_log_done(). > > > > The ticket allocation code got reworked in 2.6.26 and we now free > > tickets whereas before we used to cache them so the use-after-free > > went undetected. > > Is this intended to go to stable tree? > > How serious is this? I intend to update my laptops to 2.6.26. Nevermind, I just applied the patch. -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7