The patch titled
md: fix use after free when removing rdev via sysfs
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
md-fix-use-after-free-when-removing-rdev-via-sysfs.patch
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Subject: md: fix use after free when removing rdev via sysfs
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
rdev->mddev is no longer valid upon return from entry->store() when the
'remove' command is given.
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/md/md.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN drivers/md/md.c~md-fix-use-after-free-when-removing-rdev-via-sysfs drivers/md/md.c
--- a/drivers/md/md.c~md-fix-use-after-free-when-removing-rdev-via-sysfs
+++ a/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2096,7 +2096,7 @@ rdev_attr_store(struct kobject *kobj, st
rv = -EBUSY;
else
rv = entry->store(rdev, page, length);
- mddev_unlock(rdev->mddev);
+ mddev_unlock(mddev);
}
return rv;
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
sysfs-provide-a-clue-about-the-effects-of-config_usb_device_class=y.patch
fsldma-the-mpc8377mds-board-device-tree-node-for-fsldma-driver.patch
md-fix-use-after-free-when-removing-rdev-via-sysfs.patch
md-remove-a-stray-command-from-a-copy-and-paste-error-in-resync_start_store.patch
md-prevent-duplicates-in-bind_rdev_to_array.patch
md-md-raid5-rate-limit-error-printk.patch
md-md-support-blocking-writes-to-an-array-on-device-failure.patch
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