[PATCH] fix NULL dereference in inotify_ignore

From: Amy Griffis
Date: Sat May 20 2006 - 00:44:58 EST


Don't reassign to watch. If idr_find() returns NULL, then
put_inotify_watch will choke.

Signed-off-by: Amy Griffis <amy.griffis@xxxxxx>

diff --git a/fs/inotify.c b/fs/inotify.c
index 7d57253..5d4ba7c 100644
--- a/fs/inotify.c
+++ b/fs/inotify.c
@@ -889,18 +889,17 @@ static int inotify_ignore(struct inotify
get_inotify_watch(watch);
inode = watch->inode;
mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);

mutex_lock(&inode->inotify_mutex);
mutex_lock(&dev->mutex);

/* make sure that we did not race */
- watch = idr_find(&dev->idr, wd);
- if (likely(watch))
+ if (likely(idr_find(&dev->idr, wd) == watch))
remove_watch(watch, dev);

mutex_unlock(&dev->mutex);
mutex_unlock(&inode->inotify_mutex);
put_inotify_watch(watch);

return 0;
}
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