bsdacct: fix access to invalid filp in acct_on()

The file opened in acct_on and freshly stored in the ns->bacct struct can be closed in acct_file_reopen by a concurrent call after we release acct_lock and before we call mntput(file->f_path.mnt). Record file->f_path.mnt in a local variable and use this variable only. Signed-off-by: Renaud Lottiaux <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Louis Rilling <[email protected]> Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
yshchan · Jul 1, 2009 · df279ca · df279ca
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commit df279ca
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/kernel/acct.c b/kernel/acct.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static void acct_file_reopen(struct bsd_acct_struct *acct, struct file *file,
 static int acct_on(char *name)
 {
 	struct file *file;
+	struct vfsmount *mnt;
 	int error;
 	struct pid_namespace *ns;
 	struct bsd_acct_struct *acct = NULL;
@@ -256,11 +257,12 @@ static int acct_on(char *name)
 		acct = NULL;
 	}
 
-	mnt_pin(file->f_path.mnt);
+	mnt = file->f_path.mnt;
+	mnt_pin(mnt);
 	acct_file_reopen(ns->bacct, file, ns);
 	spin_unlock(&acct_lock);
 
-	mntput(file->f_path.mnt); /* it's pinned, now give up active reference */
+	mntput(mnt); /* it's pinned, now give up active reference */
 	kfree(acct);
 
 	return 0;