linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/10] sysfs: fix error handling in create

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:52:30 +0900
From:	Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/10] sysfs: fix error handling in create_files()

Current error handling in create_files() attempts to remove
all attributes passed by argument by remove_files(). But it should
only remove the attributes that have been successfully added.

Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

---
 fs/sysfs/group.c |   18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Index: 2.6-mm/fs/sysfs/group.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6-mm.orig/fs/sysfs/group.c
+++ 2.6-mm/fs/sysfs/group.c
@@ -30,13 +30,19 @@ static void remove_files(struct sysfs_di
 static int create_files(struct sysfs_dirent *dir_sd,
 			const struct attribute_group *grp)
 {
-	struct attribute *const* attr;
-	int error = 0;
+	int i;
+	int error;
+
+	for (i = 0; grp->attrs[i]; i++) {
+		error = sysfs_add_file(dir_sd, grp->attrs[i], SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
+		if (error)
+			goto error;
+	}
+	return 0;
+error:
+	while (i--)
+		sysfs_hash_and_remove(dir_sd, grp->attrs[i]->name);
 
-	for (attr = grp->attrs; *attr && !error; attr++)
-		error = sysfs_add_file(dir_sd, *attr, SYSFS_KOBJ_ATTR);
-	if (error)
-		remove_files(dir_sd, grp);
 	return error;
 }
 
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/