From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F03EBC169C4 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2019 14:28:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF1AC2073D for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2019 14:28:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730197AbfBCO2z (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2019 09:28:55 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:55456 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729997AbfBCOUe (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2019 09:20:34 -0500 Received: from cable-78.29.236.164.coditel.net ([78.29.236.164] helo=deadeye) by shadbolt.decadent.org.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gqIdM-0006KE-V3; Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:20:33 +0000 Received: from ben by deadeye with local (Exim 4.92-RC4) (envelope-from ) id 1gqI9n-0007Ja-0h; Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:49:59 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov , "Jan Kara" , "Pan Bian" Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Subject: [PATCH 3.16 240/305] ext2: fix potential use after free In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 78.29.236.164 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.63-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Pan Bian commit ecebf55d27a11538ea84aee0be643dd953f830d5 upstream. The function ext2_xattr_set calls brelse(bh) to drop the reference count of bh. After that, bh may be freed. However, following brelse(bh), it reads bh->b_data via macro HDR(bh). This may result in a use-after-free bug. This patch moves brelse(bh) after reading field. Signed-off-by: Pan Bian Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- fs/ext2/xattr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c @@ -606,9 +606,9 @@ skip_replace: } cleanup: - brelse(bh); if (!(bh && header == HDR(bh))) kfree(header); + brelse(bh); up_write(&EXT2_I(inode)->xattr_sem); return error;