Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix possible use after free in ext4_quota_enable

From: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Date: Mon Dec 03 2018 - 23:33:34 EST


On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 10:14:53AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Mon 26-11-18 11:21:06, Pan Bian wrote:
> > The function frees qf_inode via iput but then pass qf_inode to
> > lockdep_set_quota_inode on the failure path. This may result in a
> > use-after-free bug. The patch frees df_inode only when it is never used.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
> > Fixes: daf647d2dd5("ext4: add lockdep annotations for i_data_sem")
>
> Thanks for the fix! The patch looks good. You can add:
>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

- Ted