[PATCH] xfsprogs: fix use after free in inode_item_done()
Roger Willcocks
roger at filmlight.ltd.uk
Tue Mar 4 07:04:17 CST 2014
On Mon, 2014-03-03 at 16:48 -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 3/3/14, 4:36 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
...
> > 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")
>
I'd be tempted to write:
ili_done:
if (iip->ili_lock_flags == 0) /* don't return locked inode */
libxfs_iput(ip, 0);
iip->ili_lock_flags = 0;
--
Roger Willcocks <roger at filmlight.ltd.uk>
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