The function frees qf_inode via iput but then pass qf_inode to lockdep_set_quota_inode on the failure path. This may result in a use-after-free bug. The patch frees df_inode only when it is never used. Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> Fixes: daf647d2dd5("ext4: add lockdep annotations for i_data_sem") --- fs/ext4/super.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 53ff6c2..35689eb 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -5690,9 +5690,9 @@ static int ext4_quota_enable(struct super_block *sb, int type, int format_id, qf_inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA; lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_QUOTA); err = dquot_enable(qf_inode, type, format_id, flags); - iput(qf_inode); if (err) lockdep_set_quota_inode(qf_inode, I_DATA_SEM_NORMAL); + iput(qf_inode); return err; } -- 2.7.4