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

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Message-ID: <alpine.LRH.2.20.1602080953350.1337@namei.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Feb 2016 09:53:49 +1100 (AEDT)
From:	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>
To:	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
cc:	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xattr handlers: plug a lock leak in simple_xattr_list

On Thu, 4 Feb 2016, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:

> From: Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
> 
> 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>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 4.4


Acked-by: James Morris <james.l.morris@...cle.com>


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James Morris
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