Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 2004 22:37:43 +0100 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | fix notify_change() potential null dereference. |
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--- linux-2.6.5/fs/attr.c~ 2004-04-16 22:36:00.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.5/fs/attr.c 2004-04-16 22:36:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ int notify_change(struct dentry * dentry, struct iattr * attr) { struct inode *inode = dentry->d_inode; - mode_t mode = inode->i_mode; + mode_t mode; int error; struct timespec now = CURRENT_TIME; unsigned int ia_valid = attr->ia_valid; @@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ if (!inode) BUG(); + mode = inode->i_mode; attr->ia_ctime = now; if (!(ia_valid & ATTR_ATIME_SET)) attr->ia_atime = now; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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