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Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:55:41 +0200
From: "Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
To: "David J. Wilder" <wilder@us.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix a use after free bug in kernel->userspace relay file support
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       "Tom Zanussi" <zanussi@us.ibm.com>,
       "Karim Yaghmour" <karim@opersys.com>,
       "Mathieu Desnoyers" <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>,
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On 19/07/07, David J. Wilder <wilder@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> ACK
> Thanks for catching this. Your patch looks fine. I tested for
> regression, no problems. I also tested the error path and had the
> expected results.

Ok, thank you for testing. I see that Mathieu Desnoyers also ack'ed
the patch (thank you Mathieu). Will you guys take care of getting it
merged upstream or should I resubmit it myself to Linus or Andrew with
your ACKs?


> Thanks
> Dave
>
> Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Coverity spotted what looks like a real possible case of using a
> > variable after it has been freed.
> > The problem is in kernel/relay.c::relay_open_buf()
> >
[snip]

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