* [PATCH v2] acpi/nfit: Fix memory corruption/Unregister mce decoder on failure
@ 2017-05-23 15:14 Prarit Bhargava
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From: Prarit Bhargava @ 2017-05-23 15:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-acpi; +Cc: Prarit Bhargava
nfit_init() calls nfit_mce_register() on module load. When the module
load fails the nfit mce decoder is not unregistered. The module's
memory is freed leaving the decoder chain referencing junk. This will
cause panics as future registrations will reference the free'd memory.
Unregister the nfit mce decoder on module init failure.
[v2]: register and then unregister mce handler to avoid losing mce events
Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>
---
drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index 656acb5d7166..450e4a233b5e 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -3043,6 +3043,8 @@ static void acpi_nfit_notify(struct acpi_device *adev, u32 event)
static __init int nfit_init(void)
{
+ int ret;
+
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct acpi_table_nfit) != 40);
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct acpi_nfit_system_address) != 56);
BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct acpi_nfit_memory_map) != 48);
@@ -3070,8 +3072,12 @@ static __init int nfit_init(void)
return -ENOMEM;
nfit_mce_register();
+ ret = acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_nfit_driver);
+ if (ret)
+ nfit_mce_unregister();
+
+ return ret;
- return acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_nfit_driver);
}
static __exit void nfit_exit(void)
--
1.7.9.3
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