[PATCH 21/29] fs/efivarfs: Fix double kfree() in error path

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Fri Sep 09 2016 - 11:21:34 EST


Julia reported that we may double free 'name' in efivarfs_callback(),
and that this bug was introduced by commit 0d22f33bc37c ("efi: Don't
use spinlocks for efi vars").

Move one of the kfree()s until after the point at which we know we are
definitely on the success path.

Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sylvain Chouleur <sylvain.chouleur@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/efivarfs/super.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
index 01e3d6e53944..d7a7c53803c1 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
@@ -157,14 +157,14 @@ static int efivarfs_callback(efi_char16_t *name16, efi_guid_t vendor,
goto fail_inode;
}

- /* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */
- kfree(name);
-
efivar_entry_size(entry, &size);
err = efivar_entry_add(entry, &efivarfs_list);
if (err)
goto fail_inode;

+ /* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */
+ kfree(name);
+
inode_lock(inode);
inode->i_private = entry;
i_size_write(inode, size + sizeof(entry->var.Attributes));
--
2.9.3