ecryptfs: initialize private persistent file before dereferencing pointer

Ecryptfs_open dereferences a pointer to the private lower file (the one
stored in the ecryptfs inode), without checking if the pointer is NULL.
Right afterward, it initializes that pointer if it is NULL.  Swap order of
statements to first initialize.  Bug discovered by Duckjin Kang.

Signed-off-by: Duckjin Kang <fromdj2k@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Erez Zadok <ezk@cs.sunysb.edu>
Cc: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks <tyhicks@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
index 3efc7fdc3c3..dde7bb48bb5 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/file.c
@@ -191,13 +191,6 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                                       | ECRYPTFS_ENCRYPTED);
         }
         mutex_unlock(&crypt_stat->cs_mutex);
-        if ((ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode)->lower_file->f_flags & O_RDONLY)
-            && !(file->f_flags & O_RDONLY)) {
-                rc = -EPERM;
-                printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Lower persistent file is RO; eCryptfs "
-                       "file must hence be opened RO\n", __func__);
-                goto out;
-        }
         if (!ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode)->lower_file) {
                 rc = ecryptfs_init_persistent_file(ecryptfs_dentry);
                 if (rc) {
@@ -208,6 +201,13 @@ static int ecryptfs_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
                         goto out;
                 }
         }
+        if ((ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode)->lower_file->f_flags & O_RDONLY)
+            && !(file->f_flags & O_RDONLY)) {
+                rc = -EPERM;
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Lower persistent file is RO; eCryptfs "
+                       "file must hence be opened RO\n", __func__);
+                goto out;
+        }
         ecryptfs_set_file_lower(
                 file, ecryptfs_inode_to_private(inode)->lower_file);
         if (S_ISDIR(ecryptfs_dentry->d_inode->i_mode)) {