[libvirt] [PATCH] stream: avoid use-after-free

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Fri May 13 19:33:28 UTC 2011


virFDStreamClose used a mutex after it was freed, and failed
to destroy that mutex on its last use.

* src/fdstream.c (virFDStreamFree): Inline into sole caller...
(virFDStreamClose): ...to avoid use-after-free and leak.
Reported by Matthias Bolte.
---
 src/fdstream.c |   34 ++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/fdstream.c b/src/fdstream.c
index 2702ad7..e19694f 100644
--- a/src/fdstream.c
+++ b/src/fdstream.c
@@ -210,9 +210,20 @@ cleanup:
     return ret;
 }

-static int virFDStreamFree(struct virFDStreamData *fdst)
+
+static int
+virFDStreamClose(virStreamPtr st)
 {
+    struct virFDStreamData *fdst = st->privateData;
     int ret;
+
+    VIR_DEBUG("st=%p", st);
+
+    if (!fdst)
+        return 0;
+
+    virMutexLock(&fdst->lock);
+
     ret = VIR_CLOSE(fdst->fd);
     if (fdst->cmd) {
         char buf[1024];
@@ -243,29 +254,12 @@ static int virFDStreamFree(struct virFDStreamData *fdst)
         }
         virCommandFree(fdst->cmd);
     }
-    VIR_FREE(fdst);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-
-static int
-virFDStreamClose(virStreamPtr st)
-{
-    struct virFDStreamData *fdst = st->privateData;
-    int ret;
-
-    VIR_DEBUG("st=%p", st);
-
-    if (!fdst)
-        return 0;
-
-    virMutexLock(&fdst->lock);
-
-    ret = virFDStreamFree(fdst);

     st->privateData = NULL;

     virMutexUnlock(&fdst->lock);
+    virMutexDestroy(&fdst->lock);
+    VIR_FREE(fdst);

     return ret;
 }
-- 
1.7.4.4




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