172e344e6f
Now, 's_err_report' timer is init after ext4_group_desc_init() when fill
super. Theoretically, ext4_group_desc_init() may access to error handle
as follows:
__ext4_fill_super
ext4_group_desc_init
ext4_check_descriptors
ext4_get_group_desc
ext4_error
ext4_handle_error
ext4_commit_super
ext4_update_super
if (!es->s_error_count)
mod_timer(&sbi->s_err_report, jiffies + 24*60*60*HZ);
--> Accessing Uninitialized Variables
timer_setup(&sbi->s_err_report, print_daily_error_info, 0);
Maybe above issue is just theoretical, as ext4_check_descriptors() didn't
judge 'gpd' which get from ext4_get_group_desc(), if access to error handle
ext4_get_group_desc() will return NULL, then will trigger null-ptr-deref in
ext4_check_descriptors().
However, from the perspective of pure code, it is better to initialize
resource that may need to be used first.
Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230119013711.86680-1-yebin@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Linux kernel
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