[PATCH] xfsprogs: fix use after free in inode_item_done()
Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com
Mon Mar 3 16:36:17 CST 2014
On Mon, Mar 03, 2014 at 02:41:54PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Commit "3a19fb7 libxfs: stop caching inode structures"
> introduced a use after free.
>
> libxfs_iput() already does the check for ip->i_itemp, and a
> kmem_zone_free() if it's present, and then frees the ip pointer.
> Re-checking ip->i_itemp after the libxfs_iput call will access
> the freed ip pointer, as will setting ip_>i_itemp to NULL.
>
> Simply remove the offending code to fix this up.
which leaves the rest of the ili_done: code looking a little
strange.
can you convert that now to be:
ili_done:
if (iip->ili_lock_flags) {
iip->ili_lock_flags = 0;
return;
}
/* free the inode */
libxfs_iput(ip, 0);
}
Cheers,
Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david at fromorbit.com
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