KEYS: Fix use-after-free in assoc_array_gc()
authorDavid Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Tue, 2 Sep 2014 12:52:20 +0000 (13:52 +0100)
committerJames Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
Wed, 3 Sep 2014 00:30:22 +0000 (10:30 +1000)
An edit script should be considered inaccessible by a function once it has
called assoc_array_apply_edit() or assoc_array_cancel_edit().

However, assoc_array_gc() is accessing the edit script just after the
gc_complete: label.

Reported-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Andreea-Cristina Bernat <bernat.ada@gmail.com>
cc: shemming@brocade.com
cc: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@oracle.com>
lib/assoc_array.c

index c0b1007011e188836616509deef5876c207d32d4..ae146f0734eb59adcd2148af99f5ed89d013bd93 100644 (file)
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ ascend_old_tree:
 gc_complete:
        edit->set[0].to = new_root;
        assoc_array_apply_edit(edit);
-       edit->array->nr_leaves_on_tree = nr_leaves_on_tree;
+       array->nr_leaves_on_tree = nr_leaves_on_tree;
        return 0;
 
 enomem: