linux-kernel - Re: Q: cifs, freeing volume

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Message-ID: <20110818064213.0e4d459d@corrin.poochiereds.net>
Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:42:13 -0400
From:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
To:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
Cc:	smfrench@...il.com, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kirk w <kirkpuppy@...oo.com>
Subject: Re: Q: cifs, freeing volume_info->UNCip

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:22:17 +0900
"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> CIFS cleanup_volume_info_contents() looks like having a memory
> corruption problem.
> When UNCip is set to "&vol->UNC[2]" in cifs_parse_mount_options(), it
> should not be kfree()-ed in cleanup_volume_info_contents().
> 
> If it is correct and the code in mainline is not fixed yet, then here is
> a patch.
> 
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> index ccc1afa..e0ea721 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> @@ -2838,7 +2838,8 @@ cleanup_volume_info_contents(struct smb_vol *volume_info)
>  	kfree(volume_info->username);
>  	kzfree(volume_info->password);
>  	kfree(volume_info->UNC);
> -	kfree(volume_info->UNCip);
> +	if (volume_info->UNCip != volume_info->UNC + 2)
> +		kfree(volume_info->UNCip);
>  	kfree(volume_info->domainname);
>  	kfree(volume_info->iocharset);
>  	kfree(volume_info->prepath);
> 
> 

Also, this patch should obviously go to stable too.

-- 
Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
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