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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fs: fix NULL dereference due to data race in prepend_path()
On Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 2:40 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> wrote:
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> Fix data race in prepend_path() with re-reading mnt->mnt_ns twice without
> holding the lock. is_mounted() does check for NULL, but is_anon_ns(mnt->mnt_ns)
> might re-read the pointer again which could be NULL already, if in between
> reads one of kern_unmount()/kern_unmount_array()/umount_tree() sets mnt->mnt_ns
> to NULL.

This seems like the obviously correct fix, so I think I'll just apply
it directly.

Al? Holler if you have any issues with this..

Linus

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