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authorStefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>2011-04-08 12:30:46 +0200
committerStefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>2011-05-17 09:46:04 +0200
commit38633c9f0b7f86673f08903999583ad5b62c3548 (patch)
tree3d9e6e4db447c05e126150e5b3ec960052793141 /lib
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talloc: fixed a use after free error in talloc_free_children()
This is similar to commit 6f51a1f45bf4de062cce7a562477e8140630a53d. metze
Diffstat (limited to 'lib')
-rw-r--r--lib/talloc/talloc.c17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/talloc/talloc.c b/lib/talloc/talloc.c
index 31308589af..8333f41c07 100644
--- a/lib/talloc/talloc.c
+++ b/lib/talloc/talloc.c
@@ -1287,13 +1287,28 @@ _PUBLIC_ void talloc_free_children(void *ptr)
final choice is the null context. */
void *child = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc->child);
const void *new_parent = null_context;
+ struct talloc_chunk *old_parent = NULL;
if (unlikely(tc->child->refs)) {
struct talloc_chunk *p = talloc_parent_chunk(tc->child->refs);
if (p) new_parent = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(p);
}
+ /* finding the parent here is potentially quite
+ expensive, but the alternative, which is to change
+ talloc to always have a valid tc->parent pointer,
+ makes realloc more expensive where there are a
+ large number of children.
+
+ The reason we need the parent pointer here is that
+ if _talloc_free_internal() fails due to references
+ or a failing destructor we need to re-parent, but
+ the free call can invalidate the prev pointer.
+ */
+ if (new_parent == null_context && (tc->child->refs || tc->child->destructor)) {
+ old_parent = talloc_parent_chunk(ptr);
+ }
if (unlikely(_talloc_free_internal(child, __location__) == -1)) {
if (new_parent == null_context) {
- struct talloc_chunk *p = talloc_parent_chunk(ptr);
+ struct talloc_chunk *p = old_parent;
if (p) new_parent = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(p);
}
_talloc_steal_internal(new_parent, child);