Re: [PATCH] fuse: avoid clobbering fc->release with fuse_conn_init(fc)

[Jeremiah Mahler]

Miklos,

On Mon, Jun 01, 2015 at 02:03:02PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > fuse_conn_init(fc) zeros the entire fc structure before it assigns
> > specific values.  Since fc->release is set before fuse_conn_init(fc)
> > is called, the value gets set to zero, which results in a NULL pointer
> > deference when fc->release() is called.  Fix the problem by assigning
> > fc->release after calling fuse_conn_init(fc) instead of before.
> 
> I added this fix to the original patch and force pushed to
> fuse.git/for-next.  Better keep it in one so that your fix is not left
> out accidentally when being backported to -stable.
> 
> Thanks,
> Miklos
> 

Good idea, thanks :-)

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- Jeremiah Mahler
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