[PATCH] xfsprogs: fix use after free in inode_item_done()

[Eric Sandeen]

On 3/3/14, 4:36 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
> 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);
> }

yeah, I actually had that first.  Not sure why I didn't go with it ;)

(Still looks strange to my untrained eye; "if lock flags are set, unset them and don't free the inode, otherwise free it")

Anyway, I'll resend.  No need to educate me on these details, for now.  ;)

-Eric

> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.
>