linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vfs: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in inode

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Message-ID: <20140109182523.5b50131f@gandalf.local.home>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jan 2014 18:25:23 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Paul McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
	stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew@....cx>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vfs: Fix possible NULL pointer dereference in
 inode_permission()

On Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:41:03 +0800
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I think the sane short term fix is to make the kfree() of the i_security
> member be a rcu free, and not clear the member.

You mean my first patch?

https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/9/349

-- Steve

> 
> Not pretty, but should did this case..
> 
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