From 67e055d144c5b2acdc1c63811fde031263bf92c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Li Zefan Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:48:20 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] cgroups: fix possible use after free In cgroup_kill_sb(), root is freed before sb is detached from the list, so another sget() may find this sb and call cgroup_test_super(), which will access the root that has been freed. Reported-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Acked-by: Paul Menage Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- kernel/cgroup.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c index e14db9c089b9..9edb5c4b79b4 100644 --- a/kernel/cgroup.c +++ b/kernel/cgroup.c @@ -1122,8 +1122,8 @@ static void cgroup_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb) { mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex); - kfree(root); kill_litter_super(sb); + kfree(root); } static struct file_system_type cgroup_fs_type = { -- 2.20.1