linux-kernel - Re: use after free in sysfs_find

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Message-ID: <CACVXFVNMtY5tvAvyqyAyYRwBzfTtZKkDambDUTUNYwd0Q3XkXA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 19 Mar 2013 11:40:39 +0800
From:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
To:	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>
Cc:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@...ah.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: use after free in sysfs_find_dirent

Hi Sasha,

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com> wrote:
> [  232.822703] sysfs_dir_pos-973 sysfs_dirent use after free: vx855(vx855)-bind, 0-25520352

Looks filp->f_pos is changed as zero by llseek(), so may leave
filp->private_data
point to one refcount-balanced sysfs_dirent object, which will be put
again afterwards.

Hope we are luck this time, please try the attachment patch.


Thanks,
-- 
Ming Lei

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