From: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Al Viro <viro@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Subject: [PATCH] eCryptfs: Protect crypt_stat->flags in ecryptfs_open()
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:41:17 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080422154117.GB8034@localhost.austin.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080402150736.288c2f91.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Al Viro wrote:
> Incidentally, looking at ecryptfs open(), WTF is protecting
> crypt_stat->flags? We take crypt_stat->cs_mutex, do nothing but
> check-and-modify of ->flags under it, then drop and several lines
> later do crypt_stat->flags &= ~(ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED); with no
> ->cs_mutex held...
Make sure crypt_stat->flags is protected with a lock in
ecryptfs_open().
Signed-off-by: Michael Halcrow <mhalcrow@us.ibm.com>
---
fs/ecryptfs/file.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index 2b8f5ed..2258b8f 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -195,7 +195,9 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
file, ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode)->lower_file);
if (S_ISDIR(ecryptfs_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {
ecryptfs_printk(KERN_DEBUG, "This is a directory\n");
+ mutex_lock(&crypt_stat->cs_mutex);
crypt_stat->flags &= ~(ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED);
+ mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_mutex);
rc = 0;
goto out;
}
--
1.5.1.6
parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-22 15:43 UTC|newest]
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