[PATCH] fuse: Initialize the flock flag in the fuse_file structure upon allocation

From: Mateusz Jurczyk
Date: Wed Jun 07 2017 - 06:27:04 EST


Add initialization of the flock flag in the fuse_file structure after it
is allocated.

Before the patch, the flock flag could remain uninitialized for the
lifespan of the fuse_file allocation: it was not pre-set by kmalloc() or
later in the fuse_file_alloc() function. Unless set to true in
fuse_file_flock(), it would remain in an indeterminate state until
read in an if statement in fuse_release_common(). This could consequently
lead to taking an unexpected branch in the code.

The bug was discovered by a runtime instrumentation designed to detect use
of uninitialized memory in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Jurczyk <mjurczyk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fuse/file.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 3ee4fdc3da9e..c9a86a748ceb 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct fuse_file *fuse_file_alloc(struct fuse_conn *fc)
ff->kh = ++fc->khctr;
spin_unlock(&fc->lock);

+ ff->flock = false;
+
return ff;
}

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2.13.1.508.gb3defc5cc-goog