linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ext3: fix ext34_fill_super group description initialization

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]

Message-ID: <46C02274.7060600@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:50:52 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...nvz.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext3: fix ext34_fill_super group description initialization



Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> ->s_group_desc have to be zero filled because if sb_read() failed
> we jump to following error path.
> failed_mount2:
> 	for (i = 0; i < db_count; i++)
> 		brelse(sbi->s_group_desc[i]);<< Bad things may happen here
> 


But the db_count is updated in the failure path to point to the number
of successful sb_read. 

-aneesh
-
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/