From 801a76050bcf8d4e500eb8d048ff6265f37a61c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 01:20:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] seq_file: always clear m->count when we free m->buf Once we'd freed m->buf, m->count should become zero - we have no valid contents reachable via m->buf. Reported-by: Charley (Hao Chuan) Chu Signed-off-by: Al Viro Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- fs/seq_file.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c index 1cd2388ca5bd..1d641bb108d2 100644 --- a/fs/seq_file.c +++ b/fs/seq_file.c @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static int traverse(struct seq_file *m, loff_t offset) Eoverflow: m->op->stop(m, p); kfree(m->buf); + m->count = 0; m->buf = kmalloc(m->size <<= 1, GFP_KERNEL); return !m->buf ? -ENOMEM : -EAGAIN; } @@ -232,10 +233,10 @@ ssize_t seq_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos) goto Fill; m->op->stop(m, p); kfree(m->buf); + m->count = 0; m->buf = kmalloc(m->size <<= 1, GFP_KERNEL); if (!m->buf) goto Enomem; - m->count = 0; m->version = 0; pos = m->index; p = m->op->start(m, &pos); -- 2.34.1