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ext4: fix possible use-after-free in ext4_remove_li_request()
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We need to take reference to the s_li_request after we take a mutex,
because it might be freed since then, hence result in accessing old
already freed memory. Also we should protect the whole
ext4_remove_li_request() because ext4_li_info might be in the process of
being freed in ext4_lazyinit_thread().

Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
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Lukas Czerner authored and Theodore Ts'o committed May 20, 2011
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions fs/ext4/super.c
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Expand Up @@ -2735,14 +2735,16 @@ static void ext4_remove_li_request(struct ext4_li_request *elr)

static void ext4_unregister_li_request(struct super_block *sb)
{
struct ext4_li_request *elr = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_li_request;

if (!ext4_li_info)
mutex_lock(&ext4_li_mtx);
if (!ext4_li_info) {
mutex_unlock(&ext4_li_mtx);
return;
}

mutex_lock(&ext4_li_info->li_list_mtx);
ext4_remove_li_request(elr);
ext4_remove_li_request(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_li_request);
mutex_unlock(&ext4_li_info->li_list_mtx);
mutex_unlock(&ext4_li_mtx);
}

static struct task_struct *ext4_lazyinit_task;
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