Messages in this thread | | | From | Jeff Moyer <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] aio: fix aio request leak when events are reaped by userspace | Date | Tue, 24 Jun 2014 14:20:02 -0400 |
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Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> writes:
> The aio cleanups and optimizations by kmo that were merged into the 3.10 > tree added a regression for userspace event reaping. Specifically, the > reference counts are not decremented if the event is reaped in userspace, > leading to the application being unable to submit further aio requests. > This patch applies to 3.12+. A separate backport is required for 3.10/3.11. > This issue was uncovered as part of CVE-2014-0206. > > Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
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