From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>,
Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>,
Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>,
Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
Stephen Smalley <stephen.smalley.work@gmail.com>,
Eric Paris <eparis@parisplace.org>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
selinux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sb->s_fs_info freeing fixes
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 14:36:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230831123619.GB11156@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230831-tiefbau-freuden-3e8225acc81d@brauner>
On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 12:29:11PM +0200, Christian Brauner wrote:
> "Since ramfs/devpts uses get_tree_nodev() it doesn't rely on
> sb->s_fs_info. So there's no use after free risk as with other
> filesystems.
>
> But there's no need to deviate from the standard cleanup logic and cause
> reviewers to verify whether that is safe or not."
>
> and similar for the other two:
>
> "Since hypfs/selinuxfs uses get_tree_single() it doesn't rely on
> sb->s_fs_info. So there's no use after free risk as with other
> filesystems.
>
> But there's no need to deviate from the standard cleanup logic and cause
> reviewers to verify whether that is safe or not."
>
> If that is good enough for people then I can grab it.
Fine with me. And yes, I'd rather not have private data freed before
SB_ACTIVE is cleared even if it is fine right now. It's just a bug
waiting to happen.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-08-31 12:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-31 5:31 sb->s_fs_info freeing fixes Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-31 5:31 ` [PATCH 1/4] ramfs: free sb->s_fs_info after shutting down the super block Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-31 6:25 ` Al Viro
2023-08-31 5:31 ` [PATCH 2/4] devpts: " Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-31 6:31 ` Al Viro
2023-08-31 5:31 ` [PATCH 3/4] selinuxfs: " Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-31 6:33 ` Al Viro
2023-08-31 5:31 ` [PATCH 4/4] hypfs: " Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-31 6:37 ` Al Viro
2023-08-31 10:20 ` sb->s_fs_info freeing fixes Christian Brauner
2023-08-31 10:29 ` Christian Brauner
2023-08-31 12:36 ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-08-31 13:11 ` Christian Brauner
2023-08-31 14:38 ` Paul Moore
2023-08-31 14:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-08-31 14:49 ` Paul Moore
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