From e93fd7e8acf34192c0d1b70611e3474dde346941 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard W.M. Jones" Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 08:33:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ocaml: Nullify custom block before releasing runtime lock Avoids a potential, though if possible then very rare, double free path. Suggested-by: Guillaume Munch-Maccagnoni See: https://github.com/ocaml/ocaml/issues/12820 --- ocaml/guestfs-c.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/ocaml/guestfs-c.c b/ocaml/guestfs-c.c index 700c33abf4..ea9a0598a6 100644 --- a/ocaml/guestfs-c.c +++ b/ocaml/guestfs-c.c @@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ guestfs_int_ocaml_close (value gv) size_t len; value **roots = get_all_event_callbacks (g, &len); + /* So we don't double-free. */ + Guestfs_val (gv) = NULL; + /* Close the handle: this could invoke callbacks from the list * above, which is why we don't want to delete them before * closing the handle. @@ -173,9 +176,6 @@ guestfs_int_ocaml_close (value gv) } free (roots); } - - /* So we don't double-free. */ - Guestfs_val (gv) = NULL; } CAMLreturn (Val_unit); -- 2.43.0