patch "sysfs: handle failure path correctly for readdir()" added to driver-core tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

sysfs: handle failure path correctly for readdir()

to my driver-core git tree which can be found at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core.git
in the driver-core-linus branch.

The patch will show up in the next release of the linux-next tree (usually sometime within the next 24 hours during the week.)

The patch will hopefully also be merged in Linus's tree for the next -rc kernel release.

If you have any questions about this process, please let me know.

From: Ming Lei <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:25:25 +0800
Subject: sysfs: handle failure path correctly for readdir()

In case of 'if (filp->f_pos == 0 or 1)' of sysfs_readdir(), the failure from filldir() isn't handled, and the reference counter of the sysfs_dirent object pointed by filp->private_data will be released without clearing filp->private_data, so use after free bug will be triggered later.

This patch returns immeadiately under the situation for fixing the bug, and it is reasonable to return from readdir() when filldir() fails.

---
 fs/sysfs/dir.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

index c9e1660..e145126 100644
@@ -1020,6 +1020,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 		ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
 		if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
 			filp->f_pos++;
+		else
+			return 0;
 	}
 	if (filp->f_pos == 1) {
 		if (parent_sd->s_parent)

@@ -1028,6 +1030,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 			ino = parent_sd->s_ino;
 		if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0)
 			filp->f_pos++;
+		else
+			return 0;
 	}
 	mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex);
 	for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos);

1.8.0.rc0.18.gf84667d