2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Eric Paris commit 9f0d793b52eb2266359661369ef6303838904855 upstream. fsnotify_add_mark is supposed to add a mark to the g_list and i_list and to set the group and inode for the mark. fsnotify_destroy_mark_by_entry uses the fact that ->group != NULL to know if this group should be destroyed or if it's already been done. But fsnotify_add_mark sets the group and inode before it actually adds the mark to the i_list and g_list. This can result in a race in inotify, it requires 3 threads. sys_inotify_add_watch("file") sys_inotify_add_watch("file") sys_inotify_rm_watch([a]) inotify_update_watch() inotify_new_watch() inotify_add_to_idr() ^--- returns wd = [a] inotfiy_update_watch() inotify_new_watch() inotify_add_to_idr() fsnotify_add_mark() ^--- returns wd = [b] returns to userspace; inotify_idr_find([a]) ^--- gives us the pointer from task 1 fsnotify_add_mark() ^--- this is going to set the mark->group and mark->inode fields, but will return -EEXIST because of the race with [b]. fsnotify_destroy_mark() ^--- since ->group != NULL we call back into inotify_freeing_mark() which calls inotify_remove_from_idr([a]) since fsnotify_add_mark() failed we call: inotify_remove_from_idr([a]) <------WHOOPS it's not in the idr, this could have been any entry added later! The fix is to make sure we don't set mark->group until we are sure the mark is on the inode and fsnotify_add_mark will return success. Signed-off-by: Eric Paris Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/notify/inode_mark.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/notify/inode_mark.c +++ b/fs/notify/inode_mark.c @@ -324,11 +324,11 @@ int fsnotify_add_mark(struct fsnotify_ma spin_lock(&group->mark_lock); spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); - entry->group = group; - entry->inode = inode; - lentry = fsnotify_find_mark_entry(group, inode); if (!lentry) { + entry->group = group; + entry->inode = inode; + hlist_add_head(&entry->i_list, &inode->i_fsnotify_mark_entries); list_add(&entry->g_list, &group->mark_entries); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/