linux-kernel - Re: KASAN: use-after-free in nilfs_mdt

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Date:   Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:02:14 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     Jiacheng Xu <578001344xu@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        konishi.ryusuke@...il.com, linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org,
        security@...nel.org
Subject: Re: KASAN: use-after-free in nilfs_mdt_destroy

On Mon, Aug 15, 2022 at 10:03:21PM +0800, Jiacheng Xu wrote:

> Patch:
> Fix this bug by moving the assignment of inode->i_private before
> security_inode_alloc.
> An ad-hoc patch is proposed:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-fsdevel/patch/20211011030956.2459172-1-mudongliangabcd@gmail.com/

... and that looks like utter bollocks.  Why does security_inode_alloc()
look at ->i_private?  Which LSM is involved?