linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] aio: prevent double free in ioctx

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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 17:45:13 -0500
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>
Cc:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] aio: prevent double free in ioctx_alloc

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 05:33:02PM -0500, Sasha Levin wrote:
> ioctx_alloc() calls aio_setup_ring() to allocate a ring. If aio_setup_ring()
> fails to do so it would call aio_free_ring() before returning, but
> ioctx_alloc() would call aio_free_ring() again causing a double free of
> the ring.
> 
> This is easily reproducible from userspace.

I've applied this to my aio-next tree at git://git.kvack.org/~bcrl/aio-next.git
.  Please verify that it applied correctly, as that tree also includes 
another fix from Kent relating to the percpu reference bits.

		-ben
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