Re: [git pull] gadgetfs fixes

From: Alexander Holler
Date: Sat Mar 14 2015 - 20:40:25 EST


Am 13.03.2015 um 17:42 schrieb Al Viro:
> Assorted fixes around AIO on gadgetfs: leaks, use-after-free,
> troubles caused by ->f_op flipping. Please, pull from
> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git gadget
>
> Shortlog:
> Al Viro (8):
> new helper: dup_iter()
> move iov_iter.c from mm/ to lib/
> gadget/function/f_fs.c: close leaks
> gadget/function/f_fs.c: use put iov_iter into io_data
> gadget/function/f_fs.c: switch to ->{read,write}_iter()

> gadgetfs: use-after-free in ->aio_read()

If that patch ends up in the stable kernels (as it is marked as such),
it needs a
value = -ENOMEM
before that added "goto fail;", otherwise the return value is unitialized.

Alexander Holler
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