linux/fs/debugfs
Nicolai Stange 75f0b68b75 debugfs: open_proxy_open(): avoid double fops release
Debugfs' open_proxy_open(), the ->open() installed at all inodes created
through debugfs_create_file_unsafe(),
- grabs a reference to the original file_operations instance passed to
  debugfs_create_file_unsafe() via fops_get(),
- installs it at the file's ->f_op by means of replace_fops()
- and calls fops_put() on it.

Since the semantics of replace_fops() are such that the reference's
ownership is transferred, the subsequent fops_put() will result in a double
release when the file is eventually closed.

Currently, this is not an issue since fops_put() basically does a
module_put() on the file_operations' ->owner only and there don't exist any
modules calling debugfs_create_file_unsafe() yet. This is expected to
change in the future though, c.f. commit c646880814 ("debugfs: add
support for self-protecting attribute file fops").

Remove the call to fops_put() from open_proxy_open().

Fixes: 9fd4dcece4 ("debugfs: prevent access to possibly dead
                      file_operations at file open")
Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2016-06-15 04:56:35 -07:00
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Makefile Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
file.c debugfs: open_proxy_open(): avoid double fops release 2016-06-15 04:56:35 -07:00
inode.c Merge 4.6-rc4 into driver-core-next 2016-04-19 04:28:28 +09:00
internal.h debugfs: prevent access to removed files' private data 2016-04-12 14:14:21 -07:00