[PATCH 1/2] fsnotify: fix NULL dereference in send_to_group()

From: Csaba Henk
Date: Sat Aug 28 2010 - 15:25:58 EST


If fanotify is triggered via a vfsmount mark (so that there is
no inode mark, group in send_to_group() is set from a structure
member where the struct pointer is NULL.

This can be tested with the fanotify utility available from
http://people.redhat.com/eparis/fanotify/:

# fanotify -m / & touch /x

Signed-off-by: Csaba Henk <csaba@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/notify/fsnotify.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
index 3970392..6657315 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fsnotify.c
@@ -148,13 +148,21 @@ static int send_to_group(struct inode *to_tell, struct vfsmount *mnt,
const unsigned char *file_name,
struct fsnotify_event **event)
{
- struct fsnotify_group *group = inode_mark->group;
+ struct fsnotify_group *group;
__u32 inode_test_mask = (mask & ~FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD);
__u32 vfsmount_test_mask = (mask & ~FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD);

- pr_debug("%s: group=%p to_tell=%p mnt=%p mark=%p mask=%x data=%p"
- " data_is=%d cookie=%d event=%p\n", __func__, group, to_tell,
- mnt, inode_mark, mask, data, data_is, cookie, *event);
+ if (inode_mark)
+ group = inode_mark->group;
+ else if (vfsmount_mark)
+ group = vfsmount_mark->group;
+ else
+ BUG();
+
+ pr_debug("%s: group=%p to_tell=%p mnt=%p inode_mark=%p vfsmount_mark=%p"
+ " mask=%x data=%p data_is=%d cookie=%d event=%p\n",
+ __func__, group, to_tell, mnt, inode_mark, vfsmount_mark, mask,
+ data, data_is, cookie, *event);

/* clear ignored on inode modification */
if (mask & FS_MODIFY) {
--
1.7.2.2

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