Re: [PATCH v4] block: Fix use-after-free in blkdev_get()

[Sedat Dilek]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 8:52 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 8:47 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 8:18 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > Looks good,
> > >
> > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Can you dig into the history for a proper fixes tag?
> >
> > [ CC Dan ]
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> > Dan gave the hint for the Fixes: tag in reply to the first patch:
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> > > The Fixes tag is a good idea though:
> > >
> > > Fixes: 89e524c04fa9 ("loop: Fix mount(2) failure due to race with LOOP_SET_FD")
> >
> > > It broke last July.  Before that, we used to check if __blkdev_get()
> > > failed before dereferencing "bdev".
> >
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> Here is the Link.
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> https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-block/msg54825.html
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Really CC Dan in 3rd attempt.

OMG, I need a coffee - urgently.

- Sedat -