[PATCH 4.2 50/54] rbd: fix double free on rbd_dev->header_name

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Oct 23 2015 - 14:28:36 EST


4.2-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 3ebe138ac642a195c7f2efdb918f464734421fd6 upstream.

If rbd_dev_image_probe() in rbd_dev_probe_parent() fails, header_name
is freed twice: once in rbd_dev_probe_parent() and then in its caller
rbd_dev_image_probe() (rbd_dev_image_probe() is called recursively to
handle parent images).

rbd_dev_probe_parent() is responsible for probing the parent, so it
shouldn't muck with clone's fields.

Signed-off-by: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <elder@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/block/rbd.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/block/rbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rbd.c
@@ -5201,7 +5201,6 @@ static int rbd_dev_probe_parent(struct r
out_err:
if (parent) {
rbd_dev_unparent(rbd_dev);
- kfree(rbd_dev->header_name);
rbd_dev_destroy(parent);
} else {
rbd_put_client(rbdc);


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