[PATCH] ext4: fix use-after-free in dx_release()

[Sahitya Tummala]

The buffer_head (frames[0].bh) and it's corresping page can be
potentially free'd once brelse() is done inside the for loop
but before the for loop exits in dx_release(). It can be free'd
in another context, when the page cache is flushed via
drop_caches_sysctl_handler(). This results into below data abort
when accessing info->indirect_levels in dx_release().

Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffffc17ac3e01e
Call trace:
 dx_release+0x70/0x90
 ext4_htree_fill_tree+0x2d4/0x300
 ext4_readdir+0x244/0x6f8
 iterate_dir+0xbc/0x160
 SyS_getdents64+0x94/0x174

Signed-off-by: Sahitya Tummala <stummala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/ext4/namei.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 4181c9c..7e6c298 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -871,12 +871,14 @@ static void dx_release(struct dx_frame *frames)
 {
 	struct dx_root_info *info;
 	int i;
+	unsigned int indirect_levels;
 
 	if (frames[0].bh == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	info = &((struct dx_root *)frames[0].bh->b_data)->info;
-	for (i = 0; i <= info->indirect_levels; i++) {
+	indirect_levels = info->indirect_levels;
+	for (i = 0; i <= indirect_levels; i++) {
 		if (frames[i].bh == NULL)
 			break;
 		brelse(frames[i].bh);
-- 
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