+ hfsplus-do-not-free-node-before-using.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: hfsplus: do not free node before using
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     hfsplus-do-not-free-node-before-using.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/hfsplus-do-not-free-node-before-using.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hfsplus-do-not-free-node-before-using.patch

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From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
Subject: hfsplus: do not free node before using

hfs_bmap_free() frees node via hfs_bnode_put(node).  However it then reads
node->this when dumping error message on an error path, which may result
in a use-after-free bug.  This patch frees node only when it is never
used.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1543053441-66942-1-git-send-email-bianpan2016@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ernesto A. Fernandez <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Viacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---


--- a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c~hfsplus-do-not-free-node-before-using
+++ a/fs/hfsplus/btree.c
@@ -466,14 +466,15 @@ void hfs_bmap_free(struct hfs_bnode *nod
 
 		nidx -= len * 8;
 		i = node->next;
-		hfs_bnode_put(node);
 		if (!i) {
 			/* panic */;
 			pr_crit("unable to free bnode %u. "
 					"bmap not found!\n",
 				node->this);
+			hfs_bnode_put(node);
 			return;
 		}
+		hfs_bnode_put(node);
 		node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, i);
 		if (IS_ERR(node))
 			return;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from bianpan2016@xxxxxxx are

hfs-do-not-free-node-before-using.patch
hfsplus-do-not-free-node-before-using.patch




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