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-rw-r--r--kernel/audit_watch.c12
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 939945a5649c..a162661c9d60 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -457,13 +457,15 @@ void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule)
list_del(&krule->rlist);
if (list_empty(&watch->rules)) {
+ /*
+ * audit_remove_watch() drops our reference to 'parent' which
+ * can get freed. Grab our own reference to be safe.
+ */
+ audit_get_parent(parent);
audit_remove_watch(watch);
-
- if (list_empty(&parent->watches)) {
- audit_get_parent(parent);
+ if (list_empty(&parent->watches))
fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);
- audit_put_parent(parent);
- }
+ audit_put_parent(parent);
}
}