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From: Vasily Averin <vvs-bzQdu9zFT3WakBO8gow8eQ@public.gmane.org>
To: linux-cifs-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Steve French <sfrench-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
Subject: [CIFS] possible memory corruption in cifs_parse_mount_options()
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:33:12 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DEC82B8.7000701@parallels.com> (raw)

error path after mountdata check frees uninitialized mountdata_copy

Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs-3ImXcnM4P+0@public.gmane.org>
---
 fs/cifs/connect.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
index 6d88b82..dd5e33e 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ cifs_parse_mount_options(const char *mountdata, const char
*devname,
 			 struct smb_vol *vol)
 {
 	char *value, *data, *end;
-	char *mountdata_copy, *options;
+	char *mountdata_copy = NULL, *options;
 	unsigned int  temp_len, i, j;
 	char separator[2];
 	short int override_uid = -1;
-- 
1.7.4.1

             reply	other threads:[~2011-06-06  7:33 UTC|newest]

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2011-06-06  7:33 Vasily Averin [this message]
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2011-06-06 15:34   ` [CIFS] possible memory corruption in cifs_parse_mount_options() Steve French

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