[libvirt] [PATCH v2 3/4] secret: Properly handle @def after virSecretObjAdd in driver

John Ferlan jferlan at redhat.com
Tue Jul 25 12:23:04 UTC 2017



On 07/25/2017 07:36 AM, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 10:04:41AM -0400, John Ferlan wrote:
>> Since the virSecretObjListAdd technically consumes @def on success,
>> the secretDefineXML should set @def = NULL immediately and process
>> the remaining calls using a new @objdef variable. We can use use
>> VIR_STEAL_PTR since we know the Add function just stores @def in
>> obj->def.
>>
>> This fixes a possible double free of @def if the code jumps to
>> restore_backup: and calls virSecretObjListRemove without setting
>> def = NULL. In this case, the subsequent call to DefFree would
>> succeed and free @def; however, the call to EndAPI would also
>> call DefFree because the Unref done would be the last one for
>> the @obj meaning the obj->def would be used to call DefFree,
>> but it's already been free'd because @def wasn't managed right
>> within this error path.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>
>> ---
>>  src/secret/secret_driver.c | 19 ++++++++++---------
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/src/secret/secret_driver.c b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
>> index 30124b4..77351d8 100644
>> --- a/src/secret/secret_driver.c
>> +++ b/src/secret/secret_driver.c
>> @@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ secretDefineXML(virConnectPtr conn,
>>  {
>>      virSecretPtr ret = NULL;
>>      virSecretObjPtr obj = NULL;
>> +    virSecretDefPtr objdef;
> 
> s/objdef/objDef/

Why?  I've been using objdef in general and not the camel case one

John
> 
> Reviewed-by: Pavel Hrdina <phrdina at redhat.com>
> 




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