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virtiofsd: introduce inode refcount to prevent use-after-free
If thread A is using an inode it must not be deleted by thread B when processing a FUSE_FORGET request. The FUSE protocol itself already has a counter called nlookup that is used in FUSE_FORGET messages. We cannot trust this counter since the untrusted client can manipulate it via FUSE_FORGET messages. Introduce a new refcount to keep inodes alive for the required lifespan. lo_inode_put() must be called to release a reference. FUSE's nlookup counter holds exactly one reference so that the inode stays alive as long as the client still wants to remember it. Note that the lo_inode->is_symlink field is moved to avoid creating a hole in the struct due to struct field alignment. Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Misono Tomohiro <misono.tomohiro@jp.fujitsu.com> Reviewed-by: Sergio Lopez <slp@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>
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