The patch titled
check for null vfsmount in dentry_open()
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check-for-null-vfsmount-in-dentry_open.patch
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Subject: check for null vfsmount in dentry_open()
From: Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Make sure no-one calls dentry_open with a NULL vfsmount argument and crap out
with a stacktrace otherwise. A NULL file->f_vfsmnt has always been
problematic, but with the per-mount r/o tracking we can't accept anymore at
all.
Acked-by: Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
fs/open.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff -puN fs/open.c~check-for-null-vfsmount-in-dentry_open fs/open.c
--- a/fs/open.c~check-for-null-vfsmount-in-dentry_open
+++ a/fs/open.c
@@ -903,6 +903,18 @@ struct file *dentry_open(struct dentry *
int error;
struct file *f;
+ /*
+ * We must always pass in a valid mount pointer. Historically
+ * callers got away with not passing it, but we must enforce this at
+ * the earliest possible point now to avoid strange problems deep in the
+ * filesystem stack.
+ */
+ if (!mnt) {
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "%s called with NULL vfsmount\n", __func__);
+ dump_stack();
+ return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+ }
+
error = -ENFILE;
f = get_empty_filp();
if (f == NULL) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
enable-hotplug-memory-remove-for-ppc64.patch
reiserfs-eliminate-private-use-of-struct-file-in-xattr.patch
hppfs-pass-vfsmount-to-dentry_open.patch
check-for-null-vfsmount-in-dentry_open.patch
fix-up-new-filp-allocators.patch
do-namei_flags-calculation-inside-open_namei.patch
merge-open_namei-and-do_filp_open.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-stub-functions.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-create-helper-to-drop-file-write-access.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-drop-write-during-emergency-remount.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-vfs_rmdir.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-callers-of-vfs_mkdir.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-mnt_writers-for-unlink-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-xattr_permission-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-ncp_ioctl.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-time-functions.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_utimes.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-count-for-file_update_time.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-link-symlink.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-ioctls.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-opens.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-get-write-access-for-vfs_rename-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-chmod-chown-callers.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-write-counts-for-truncate.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-elevate-count-for-xfs-timestamp-updates.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-make-access-use-new-r-o-helper.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-check-mnt-instead-of-superblock-directly.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-get-callers-of-vfs_mknod-create.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-track-numbers-of-writers-to-mounts.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-honor-mount-writer-counts-at-remount.patch
r-o-bind-mounts-debugging-for-missed-calls.patch
reiser4.patch
page-owner-tracking-leak-detector.patch
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