From: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 63ce5f552beb9bdb41546b3a26c4374758b21815 ] autofs_expire_run() calls dput(dentry) to drop the reference count of dentry. However, dentry is read via autofs_dentry_ino(dentry) after that. This may result in a use-free-bug. The patch drops the reference count of dentry only when it is never used. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/154725122396.11260.16053424107144453867.stgit@pluto-themaw-net Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/autofs4/expire.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/autofs4/expire.c b/fs/autofs4/expire.c index 57725d4a8c59e..141f9bc213a3d 100644 --- a/fs/autofs4/expire.c +++ b/fs/autofs4/expire.c @@ -567,7 +567,6 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb, pkt.len = dentry->d_name.len; memcpy(pkt.name, dentry->d_name.name, pkt.len); pkt.name[pkt.len] = '\0'; - dput(dentry); if (copy_to_user(pkt_p, &pkt, sizeof(struct autofs_packet_expire))) ret = -EFAULT; @@ -580,6 +579,8 @@ int autofs4_expire_run(struct super_block *sb, complete_all(&ino->expire_complete); spin_unlock(&sbi->fs_lock); + dput(dentry); + return ret; } -- 2.19.1