[PATCH] proc_readfd_common() race fix Since we drop the rcu_read_lock inside the loop, we can't assume that files->fdt will remain unchanged (and not freed) between iterations. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 81d7d14..7313c62 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1626,7 +1626,6 @@ unsigned int fd, ino; int retval; struct files_struct * files; - struct fdtable *fdt; retval = -ENOENT; if (!p) @@ -1649,9 +1648,8 @@ if (!files) goto out; rcu_read_lock(); - fdt = files_fdtable(files); for (fd = filp->f_pos-2; - fd < fdt->max_fds; + fd < files_fdtable(files)->max_fds; fd++, filp->f_pos++) { char name[PROC_NUMBUF]; int len;