----- Original Message -----
> On 06/02/15 23:50, Andreas Gruenbacher wrote:
> > Andrew,
> >
> >> 3.18.5 kernel crashing on acl deletion:
> >>
> >> null pointer dereference in fs/gfs2/acl.c:76
> >
> > this bug seems to exist since commit 2646a1f6 from October 2009.
>
> The if-statement originates in 2646a1f6 but the bug was introduced by
> the deletion of a NULL check in e01580bf9e which was in December 2013.
>
> >> fix we're using currently:
> >>
> >> ---
> >> fs/gfs2/acl.c | 2 +-
> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/acl.c b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
> >> index 3088e2a..8339754 100644
> >> --- a/fs/gfs2/acl.c
> >> +++ b/fs/gfs2/acl.c
> >> @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ int gfs2_set_acl(struct inode *inode, struct posix_acl
> >> *acl, int type)
> >>
> >> BUG_ON(name == NULL);
> >>
> >> - if (acl->a_count > GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES(GFS2_SB(inode)))
> >> + if ((acl) && (acl->a_count >
> >> GFS2_ACL_MAX_ENTRIES(GFS2_SB(inode))))
> >> return -E2BIG;
> >>
> >> if (type == ACL_TYPE_ACCESS) {
> >
> > Except for the extra parentheses this seems correct, thank you.
>
> Agreed. Good catch.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
Hi,
Christoph's patch, which introduced the problem, was never ported to RHEL7, so
let's just treat this as an upstream bug.
Andreas: I think maybe you should post your acl patch separately.
Andrew Elble:
I don't think we even need a bugzilla for this one. Do you want to just
post your latest patch (with fewer parentheses) to [email protected]
so Steve Whitehouse can pick it up in the GFS2 nmw git tree? Then you can
get the credit.
Regards,
Bob Peterson
Red Hat File Systems
