Re: [PATCH] [fs/9p] Fix NULL point deref in v9fs_dir_release

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Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 10:19:01AM -0700, Venkateswararao Jujjuri (JV) wrote:
>> There are situations in VFS where we endup calling v9fs_dir_release() before
>> even we instantiate the filp. Hence the check.
> 
> Err, what callchain would that be?  This really should not happen.
> 
Call Trace:
 [<ffffffff81209cb1>] v9fs_dir_release+0x29/0x2f
 [<ffffffff81105985>] fput+0x13a/0x1ec
 [<ffffffff81207e97>] ? v9fs_open_created+0x0/0xd
 [<ffffffff811031bd>] __dentry_open+0x1d3/0x29e
 [<ffffffff811033d3>] lookup_instantiate_filp+0x6b/0x8c
 [<ffffffff81208fc6>] v9fs_vfs_create_dotl+0x1a7/0x20d
 [<ffffffff8110e30a>] vfs_create+0x70/0x92
 [<ffffffff8110eddc>] do_last+0x2e0/0x605
 [<ffffffff8110f553>] do_filp_open+0x1f8/0x5f8
 [<ffffffff811019e7>] ? mem_cgroup_charge_common+0x6a/0x7a
 [<ffffffff8125e933>] ? might_fault+0x21/0x23
 [<ffffffff8125ea32>] ? __strncpy_from_user+0x1e/0x49
 [<ffffffff81118ec2>] ? alloc_fd+0x7b/0x124
 [<ffffffff81102ef2>] do_sys_open+0x63/0x10f
 [<ffffffff81102fd1>] sys_open+0x20/0x22
 [<ffffffff81009c32>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b


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