* + mm-dmapool-fix-possible-use-after-free-in-dmam_pool_destroy.patch added to -mm tree
@ 2011-06-09 22:36 akpm
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From: akpm @ 2011-06-09 22:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: mm-commits; +Cc: maxin.john, eike-kernel
The patch titled
mm/dmapool.c: fix possible use after free in dmam_pool_destroy()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-dmapool-fix-possible-use-after-free-in-dmam_pool_destroy.patch
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Subject: mm/dmapool.c: fix possible use after free in dmam_pool_destroy()
From: Maxin B John <maxin.john@gmail.com>
"dma_pool_destroy(pool)" calls "kfree(pool)". The freed pointer "pool" is
again passed as an argument to the function "devres_destroy()". This
patch fixes the possible use after free.
It's notabug at this time, but the code is dangerous.
Signed-off-by: Maxin B. John <maxin.john@gmail.com>
Cc: Rolf Eike Beer <eike-kernel@sf-tec.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
mm/dmapool.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN mm/dmapool.c~mm-dmapool-fix-possible-use-after-free-in-dmam_pool_destroy mm/dmapool.c
--- a/mm/dmapool.c~mm-dmapool-fix-possible-use-after-free-in-dmam_pool_destroy
+++ a/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void dmam_pool_destroy(struct dma_pool *
{
struct device *dev = pool->dev;
- dma_pool_destroy(pool);
WARN_ON(devres_destroy(dev, dmam_pool_release, dmam_pool_match, pool));
+ dma_pool_destroy(pool);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dmam_pool_destroy);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from maxin.john@gmail.com are
linux-next.patch
mm-dmapool-fix-possible-use-after-free-in-dmam_pool_destroy.patch
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