The function ocfs2_get_dentry calls iput(inode) to drop the reference
count of inode, and if the reference count hits 0, inode is freed.
However, in this function, it then reads inode->i_generation, which may
result in a use after free bug. This patch moves the put operation
later.
Fixes: 781f200cb7a("ocfs2: Remove masklog ML_EXPORT.")
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <[email protected]>
---
fs/ocfs2/export.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/export.c b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
index 9f88188..4bf8d58 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/export.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/export.c
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_get_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
check_gen:
if (handle->ih_generation != inode->i_generation) {
- iput(inode);
trace_ocfs2_get_dentry_generation((unsigned long long)blkno,
handle->ih_generation,
inode->i_generation);
+ iput(inode);
result = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
goto bail;
}
--
2.7.4