linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [fs/sysv] Fix NULL deref. when allocating new inode

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Date:	Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:26:36 +0200
From:	Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [fs/sysv] Fix NULL deref. when allocating new inode

On Mon, 2010-06-21 at 15:40 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:17:23 +0200
> Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@...sk> wrote:
> 
> > A call to sysv_write_inode() in sysv_new_inode() to its new interface
> > that replaced wait flag with writeback structure. This was broken by
> > a9185b41a4f84971b930c519f0c63bd450c4810d.

> hm.  AFACIT this means that 2.6.34's sysvfs will instantaneously oops,
> every time.

Ah yes, really. I thought I checked that and found that only 2.6.35 was
affected which is why did not cc stable@. git tag --contains proves me
wrong though, sorry for that.

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