From 07f67e6e9a7f0130a3177101e5c4875b446cb2f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pan Bian Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2019 14:21:26 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] autofs: drop dentry reference only when it is never used [ Upstream commit 63ce5f552beb9bdb41546b3a26c4374758b21815 ] autofs_expire_run() calls dput(dentry) to drop the reference count of dentry. However, dentry is read via autofs_dentry_ino(dentry) after that. This may result in a use-free-bug. The patch drops the reference count of dentry only when it is never used. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/154725122396.11260.16053424107144453867.stgit@pluto-themaw-net Signed-off-by: Pan Bian Signed-off-by: Ian Kent Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- fs/autofs4/expire.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c index d8e6d421c27f..2e1f50e467f1 100644 --- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c +++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c @@ -563,7 +563,6 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb, pkt.len = dentry->d_name.len; memcpy(pkt.name, dentry->d_name.name, pkt.len); pkt.name[pkt.len] = '\0'; - dput(dentry); if (copy_to_user(pkt_p, &pkt, sizeof(struct autofs_packet_expire))) ret = -EFAULT; @@ -576,6 +575,8 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb, complete_all(&ino->expire_complete); spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock); + dput(dentry); + return ret; }