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Message-ID: <20130130035125.GB25006@thunk.org> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:51:25 -0500 From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> Cc: Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, stable@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] ext4: Fix possible use-after-free with AIO On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:27:58AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote: > Running AIO is pinning inode in memory using file reference. Once AIO > is completed using aio_complete(), file reference is put and inode can > be freed from memory. So we have to be sure that calling aio_complete() > is the last thing we do with the inode. > > CC: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org > CC: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu> > CC: stable@...r.kernel.org > Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com> > Acked-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com> > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz> I've picked up the ext4 change. Sorry for not getting to this sooner. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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