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-rw-r--r--kernel/audit_watch.c24
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
index 939945a5649c..f45a9a5d3e47 100644
--- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
+++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
@@ -419,6 +419,13 @@ int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct list_head **list)
struct path parent_path;
int h, ret = 0;
+ /*
+ * When we will be calling audit_add_to_parent, krule->watch might have
+ * been updated and watch might have been freed.
+ * So we need to keep a reference of watch.
+ */
+ audit_get_watch(watch);
+
mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
/* Avoid calling path_lookup under audit_filter_mutex. */
@@ -427,8 +434,10 @@ int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct list_head **list)
/* caller expects mutex locked */
mutex_lock(&audit_filter_mutex);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ audit_put_watch(watch);
return ret;
+ }
/* either find an old parent or attach a new one */
parent = audit_find_parent(d_backing_inode(parent_path.dentry));
@@ -446,6 +455,7 @@ int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct list_head **list)
*list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
error:
path_put(&parent_path);
+ audit_put_watch(watch);
return ret;
}
@@ -457,13 +467,15 @@ void audit_remove_watch_rule(struct audit_krule *krule)
list_del(&krule->rlist);
if (list_empty(&watch->rules)) {
+ /*
+ * audit_remove_watch() drops our reference to 'parent' which
+ * can get freed. Grab our own reference to be safe.
+ */
+ audit_get_parent(parent);
audit_remove_watch(watch);
-
- if (list_empty(&parent->watches)) {
- audit_get_parent(parent);
+ if (list_empty(&parent->watches))
fsnotify_destroy_mark(&parent->mark, audit_watch_group);
- audit_put_parent(parent);
- }
+ audit_put_parent(parent);
}
}