linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] audit: don't free_chunk() after fsnotify_add

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Date:	Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:03:57 +0200
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	eparis@...hat.com, viro@...IV.linux.org.uk,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mszeredi@...e.cz,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] audit: don't free_chunk() after fsnotify_add_mark()

From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>

Don't do free_chunk() after fsnotify_add_mark().  That one does a delayed unref
via the destroy list and this results in use-after-free.

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
Acked-by: Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 kernel/audit_tree.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit_tree.c b/kernel/audit_tree.c
index 3a5ca58..69a5851 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_tree.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_tree.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static void untag_chunk(struct node *p)
 
 	fsnotify_duplicate_mark(&new->mark, entry);
 	if (fsnotify_add_mark(&new->mark, new->mark.group, new->mark.i.inode, NULL, 1)) {
-		free_chunk(new);
+		fsnotify_put_mark(&new->mark);
 		goto Fallback;
 	}
 
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ static int create_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 
 	entry = &chunk->mark;
 	if (fsnotify_add_mark(entry, audit_tree_group, inode, NULL, 0)) {
-		free_chunk(chunk);
+		fsnotify_put_mark(entry);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ static int tag_chunk(struct inode *inode, struct audit_tree *tree)
 	fsnotify_duplicate_mark(chunk_entry, old_entry);
 	if (fsnotify_add_mark(chunk_entry, chunk_entry->group, chunk_entry->i.inode, NULL, 1)) {
 		spin_unlock(&old_entry->lock);
-		free_chunk(chunk);
+		fsnotify_put_mark(chunk_entry);
 		fsnotify_put_mark(old_entry);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
-- 
1.7.7

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