2010-05-06 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* malloc/malloc.c (_int_free): Possible race in the most recently
added check. Only act on the data if no current modification
happened.
Index: glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1/malloc/malloc.c
===================================================================
--- glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1.orig/malloc/malloc.c
+++ glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1/malloc/malloc.c
@@ -4859,6 +4859,7 @@ _int_free(mstate av, mchunkptr p)
#ifdef ATOMIC_FASTBINS
mchunkptr fd;
mchunkptr old = *fb;
+ unsigned int old_idx = ~0u;
do
{
/* Another simple check: make sure the top of the bin is not the
@@ -4868,15 +4869,17 @@ _int_free(mstate av, mchunkptr p)
errstr = "double free or corruption (fasttop)";
goto errout;
}
- if (old != NULL
- && __builtin_expect (fastbin_index(chunksize(old)) != idx, 0))
- {
- errstr = "invalid fastbin entry (free)";
- goto errout;
- }
+ if (old != NULL)
+ old_idx = fastbin_index(chunksize(old));
p->fd = fd = old;
}
while ((old = catomic_compare_and_exchange_val_rel (fb, p, fd)) != fd);
+
+ if (fd != NULL && __builtin_expect (old_idx != idx, 0))
+ {
+ errstr = "invalid fastbin entry (free)";
+ goto errout;
+ }
#else
/* Another simple check: make sure the top of the bin is not the
record we are going to add (i.e., double free). */