linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fuse: avoid clobbering fc->release with fuse_conn

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Date:	Mon, 1 Jun 2015 10:28:43 -0700
From:	Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@...il.com>
To:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
Cc:	fuse-devel <fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fuse: avoid clobbering fc->release with
 fuse_conn_init(fc)

Miklos,

On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 02:03:02PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@...il.com> wrote:
> > fuse_conn_init(fc) zeros the entire fc structure before it assigns
> > specific values.  Since fc->release is set before fuse_conn_init(fc)
> > is called, the value gets set to zero, which results in a NULL pointer
> > deference when fc->release() is called.  Fix the problem by assigning
> > fc->release after calling fuse_conn_init(fc) instead of before.
> 
> I added this fix to the original patch and force pushed to
> fuse.git/for-next.  Better keep it in one so that your fix is not left
> out accidentally when being backported to -stable.
> 
> Thanks,
> Miklos
> 

Good idea, thanks :-)

-- 
- Jeremiah Mahler
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