Hi Andrew! I should have known that bragging about the stability of FUSE will get me into trouble.
This patch fixes a use after free bug, which could in theory cause memory corruption. It was actually found with DEBUG_PAGEALLOC by Magnus Johansson. Please apply. Thanks, Miklos Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> diff -rup linux-2.6.11-mm1/fs/fuse/dev.c linux-fuse/fs/fuse/dev.c --- linux-2.6.11-mm1/fs/fuse/dev.c 2005-03-04 23:26:59.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-fuse/fs/fuse/dev.c 2005-03-04 23:32:36.000000000 +0100 @@ -121,12 +121,11 @@ struct fuse_req *fuse_get_request_nonint static void fuse_putback_request(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req) { - if (!req->preallocated) - fuse_request_free(req); - spin_lock(&fuse_lock); if (req->preallocated) list_add(&req->list, &fc->unused_list); + else + fuse_request_free(req); if (fc->outstanding_debt) fc->outstanding_debt--; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/