linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] [RFC] nfsd: fix possible dereference of static NULL nfsd

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Date:	Tue, 10 Jul 2012 20:04:20 +0400
From:	Stanislav Kinsbursky <skinsbursky@...allels.com>
To:	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
CC:	"linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...nvz.org" <devel@...nvz.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [RFC] nfsd: fix possible dereference of static NULL nfsd_serv
 pointer

10.07.2012 19:59, J. Bruce Fields пишет:
> On Sat, Jul 07, 2012 at 09:27:30AM +0400, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote:
>> 06.07.2012 21:26, J. Bruce Fields пишет:
>>> On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 05:45:56PM +0400, Stanislav Kinsbursky wrote:
>>>> This is a bug fix for 3.5 kernel.
>>>> In case on NFSd service start failure svc_shutdown_net() will call svc_destroy
>>>> callback and zeroize global nfsd_serv pointer, this in turn will lead to Oops
>>>> in svc_destroy().
>>>>
>>>> This patch is marked as RFC, because to many lines were changed. It can be
>>>> easely simplified if requested.
>>>> Moreover, NFSd service shutdown is going to be converted into csomething on
>>>> per-net basis.
>>> Doesn't this leave error paths in e.g. __write_ports_addfd() and
>>> __write_ports_addxprt() unfixed?
>>
>> Yes, sure it does...
>>
>>> I'm inclined to just submit your original fix (split up as in the last
>>> version I sent) for 3.5 if you don't object.
>>
>> Not at all.
>> Thanks, Bruce.
>
> OK.  Actually, Linus is making noise about a release in the next week or
> two, so given that this is about error paths, I'm going to queue it up
> for the 3.6 and cc it to stable.  It'll end up in 3.5.x pretty quickly
> that way anyway.
>

Ok, Bruce. Sounds good.

-- 
Best regards,
Stanislav Kinsbursky


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