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Message-ID: <20210407153458.GA28924@fieldses.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 11:34:58 -0400
From: "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>
To: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@...cle.com>,
Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@...merspace.com>,
Anna Schumaker <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
Dave Wysochanski <dwysocha@...hat.com>,
linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SUNRPC: Add a check for gss_release_msg
On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 07:16:56PM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> In gss_pipe_destroy_msg(), in case of error in msg, gss_release_msg
> deletes gss_msg. The patch adds a check to avoid a potential double
> free.
We're already dereferenced msg. Nothing has set gss_msg to NULL. It's
the gss_msg->count reference count that's supposed to prevent double
frees.
Did you see an actual bug or warning from some tool, and if so, could
you share the details?
--b.
>
> Signed-off-by: Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
> ---
> net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
> index 5f42aa5fc612..eb52eebb3923 100644
> --- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
> +++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
> @@ -848,7 +848,8 @@ gss_pipe_destroy_msg(struct rpc_pipe_msg *msg)
> warn_gssd();
> gss_release_msg(gss_msg);
> }
> - gss_release_msg(gss_msg);
> + if (gss_msg)
> + gss_release_msg(gss_msg);
> }
>
> static void gss_pipe_dentry_destroy(struct dentry *dir,
> --
> 2.25.1
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