linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 08/54] ext2: fix potential use after free

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Message-Id: <20181211151546.448597786@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 11 Dec 2018 16:40:56 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 08/54] ext2: fix potential use after free

3.18-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>

commit ecebf55d27a11538ea84aee0be643dd953f830d5 upstream.

The function ext2_xattr_set calls brelse(bh) to drop the reference count
of bh. After that, bh may be freed. However, following brelse(bh),
it reads bh->b_data via macro HDR(bh). This may result in a
use-after-free bug. This patch moves brelse(bh) after reading field.

CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@....com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/ext2/xattr.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -606,9 +606,9 @@ skip_replace:
 	}
 
 cleanup:
-	brelse(bh);
 	if (!(bh && header == HDR(bh)))
 		kfree(header);
+	brelse(bh);
 	up_write(&EXT2_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 
 	return error;