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1 files changed, 33 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index a89058b39884..7a8db78a91d2 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
struct configfs_subsystem *subsys;
struct configfs_dirent *sd;
struct config_item_type *type;
- struct module *owner = NULL;
+ struct module *subsys_owner = NULL, *new_item_owner = NULL;
char *name;
if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root) {
@@ -1137,10 +1137,25 @@ static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
goto out_put;
}
+ /*
+ * The subsystem may belong to a different module than the item
+ * being created. We don't want to safely pin the new item but
+ * fail to pin the subsystem it sits under.
+ */
+ if (!subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_type) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+ subsys_owner = subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_type->ct_owner;
+ if (!try_module_get(subsys_owner)) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_put;
+ }
+
name = kmalloc(dentry->d_name.len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!name) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto out_put;
+ goto out_subsys_put;
}
snprintf(name, dentry->d_name.len + 1, "%s", dentry->d_name.name);
@@ -1172,7 +1187,7 @@ static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
* If ret != 0, then link_obj() was never called.
* There are no extra references to clean up.
*/
- goto out_put;
+ goto out_subsys_put;
}
/*
@@ -1186,8 +1201,8 @@ static int configfs_mkdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int mode)
goto out_unlink;
}
- owner = type->ct_owner;
- if (!try_module_get(owner)) {
+ new_item_owner = type->ct_owner;
+ if (!try_module_get(new_item_owner)) {
ret = -EINVAL;
goto out_unlink;
}
@@ -1236,9 +1251,13 @@ out_unlink:
mutex_unlock(&subsys->su_mutex);
if (module_got)
- module_put(owner);
+ module_put(new_item_owner);
}
+out_subsys_put:
+ if (ret)
+ module_put(subsys_owner);
+
out_put:
/*
* link_obj()/link_group() took a reference from child->parent,
@@ -1257,7 +1276,7 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
struct config_item *item;
struct configfs_subsystem *subsys;
struct configfs_dirent *sd;
- struct module *owner = NULL;
+ struct module *subsys_owner = NULL, *dead_item_owner = NULL;
int ret;
if (dentry->d_parent == configfs_sb->s_root)
@@ -1284,6 +1303,10 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
return -EINVAL;
}
+ /* configfs_mkdir() shouldn't have allowed this */
+ BUG_ON(!subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_type);
+ subsys_owner = subsys->su_group.cg_item.ci_type->ct_owner;
+
/*
* Ensure that no racing symlink() will make detach_prep() fail while
* the new link is temporarily attached
@@ -1321,7 +1344,7 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
config_item_put(parent_item);
if (item->ci_type)
- owner = item->ci_type->ct_owner;
+ dead_item_owner = item->ci_type->ct_owner;
if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_USET_DIR) {
configfs_detach_group(item);
@@ -1343,7 +1366,8 @@ static int configfs_rmdir(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
/* Drop our reference from above */
config_item_put(item);
- module_put(owner);
+ module_put(dead_item_owner);
+ module_put(subsys_owner);
return 0;
}