linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] xattr handlers: plug a lock leak in simple_xattr

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Message-ID: <20160204030827.GC13219@kroah.com>
Date:	Wed, 3 Feb 2016 19:08:27 -0800
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
Cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>,
	James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xattr handlers: plug a lock leak in simple_xattr_list

On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 02:56:30AM +0100, Mateusz Guzik wrote:
> The code could leak xattrs->lock on error.
> 
> Problem introduced with 786534b92f3ce68f4 "tmpfs: listxattr should
> include POSIX ACL xattrs".
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/xattr.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


<formletter>

This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

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