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From: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
To: Junichi Nomura <j-nomura@ce.jp.nec.com>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] blk-mq: fix use-after-free in blk_mq_free_tag_set()
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:47:06 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <561FBC6A.4040909@fb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20151014050213.GA10302@xzibit.linux.bs1.fc.nec.co.jp>

On 10/13/2015 11:02 PM, Junichi Nomura wrote:
> tags is freed in blk_mq_free_rq_map() and should not be used after that.
> The problem doesn't manifest if CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is false because
> free_cpumask_var() is nop.
> 
> tags->cpumask is allocated in blk_mq_init_tags() so it's natural to
> free cpumask in its counter part, blk_mq_free_tags().

Thanks, applied. tags->cpumask should some day die a horrible death.

-- 
Jens Axboe


      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-10-15 14:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-10-14  5:02 [PATCH] blk-mq: fix use-after-free in blk_mq_free_tag_set() Junichi Nomura
2015-10-15 14:43 ` Jeff Moyer
2015-10-15 14:47 ` Keith Busch
2015-10-15 14:47 ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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