3.11.10.6 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 92e3b40537707001d17bbad800d150ab04e53bf4 upstream. If start_this_handle() fails then it leads to a use after free of "handle". Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jbd2/transaction.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c index b0b74e5..7272cc6 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/transaction.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/transaction.c @@ -514,11 +514,13 @@ int jbd2_journal_start_reserved(handle_t *handle, unsigned int type, * similarly constrained call sites */ ret = start_this_handle(journal, handle, GFP_NOFS); - if (ret < 0) + if (ret < 0) { jbd2_journal_free_reserved(handle); + return ret; + } handle->h_type = type; handle->h_line_no = line_no; - return ret; + return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(jbd2_journal_start_reserved); -- 1.9.0 -- 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