In case of 'if (filp->f_pos == 0 or 1)' of sysfs_readdir(), the failure from filldir() isn't handled, and the reference counter of the sysfs_dirent object pointed by filp->private_data will be released without clearing filp->private_data, so use after free bug will be triggered later. This patch returns immeadiately under the situation for fixing the bug, and it is reasonable to return from readdir() when filldir() fails. Reported-by: Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/sysfs/dir.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/sysfs/dir.c b/fs/sysfs/dir.c index c9e1660..e145126 100644 --- a/fs/sysfs/dir.c +++ b/fs/sysfs/dir.c @@ -1020,6 +1020,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir) ino = parent_sd->s_ino; if (filldir(dirent, ".", 1, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0) filp->f_pos++; + else + return 0; } if (filp->f_pos == 1) { if (parent_sd->s_parent) @@ -1028,6 +1030,8 @@ static int sysfs_readdir(struct file * filp, void * dirent, filldir_t filldir) ino = parent_sd->s_ino; if (filldir(dirent, "..", 2, filp->f_pos, ino, DT_DIR) == 0) filp->f_pos++; + else + return 0; } mutex_lock(&sysfs_mutex); for (pos = sysfs_dir_pos(ns, parent_sd, filp->f_pos, pos); -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html