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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ocfs2: Fix NULL pointer dereferrence in __ocfs2_change_file_space
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Hmm... forgot to send to stable.  Is this enough?

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

Or do I need to re-send?

Cheers,
--
Luis

Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> writes:

> As ocfs2_fallocate() will invoke __ocfs2_change_file_space() with a NULL
> as the first parameter (file), it may trigger a NULL pointer dereferrence
> due to a missing check. See http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1006012.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com>
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/file.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/file.c b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
> index 6e39668..84822a4 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/file.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/file.c
> @@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ static int __ocfs2_change_file_space(struct file *file, struct inode *inode,
> if (ret < 0)
> mlog_errno(ret);
>
> - if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC)
> + if (file && (file->f_flags & O_SYNC))
> handle->h_sync = 1;
>
> ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);


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