linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cgroups: avoid accessing uninitialized data in failure path

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Message-ID: <49505A23.1080304@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:25:23 +0800
From:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Paul Menage <menage@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cgroups: avoid accessing uninitialized data in failure
 path

Li Zefan wrote:
> If cgroup_get_rootdir() failed, free_cg_links() will be called
> in the failure path, but tmp_cg_links hasn't been initialized
> at that time.
> 
> I should be blamed to introduce this bug in 2.6.26 merge window.
> 

Sorry, I mean 2.6.27 merge window.

> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
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