[PATCH 106/222] NFS: avoid NULL dereference in nfs_destroy_server

From: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski
Date: Wed Jan 16 2013 - 11:46:26 EST


3.5.7.3 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>

commit f259613a1e4b44a0cf85a5dafd931be96ee7c9e5 upstream.

In rare circumstances, nfs_clone_server() of a v2 or v3 server can get
an error between setting server->destory (to nfs_destroy_server), and
calling nfs_start_lockd (which will set server->nlm_host).

If this happens, nfs_clone_server will call nfs_free_server which
will call nfs_destroy_server and thence nlmclnt_done(NULL). This
causes the NULL to be dereferenced.

So add a guard to only call nlmclnt_done() if ->nlm_host is not NULL.

The other guards there are irrelevant as nlm_host can only be non-NULL
if one of these flags are set - so remove those tests. (Thanks to Trond
for this suggestion).

This is suitable for any stable kernel since 2.6.25.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Herton Ronaldo Krzesinski <herton.krzesinski@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nfs/client.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/client.c b/fs/nfs/client.c
index f005b5b..ede78be 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/client.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/client.c
@@ -689,8 +689,7 @@ static int nfs_create_rpc_client(struct nfs_client *clp,
*/
static void nfs_destroy_server(struct nfs_server *server)
{
- if (!(server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_LOCAL_FLOCK) ||
- !(server->flags & NFS_MOUNT_LOCAL_FCNTL))
+ if (server->nlm_host)
nlmclnt_done(server->nlm_host);
}

--
1.7.9.5

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