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* [PATCH 2/2] mkiss: Fix use after free in sixpack_close().
@ 2015-12-17 21:05 David Miller
  2015-12-17 21:35 ` Ralf Baechle
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2015-12-17 21:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gnomes
  Cc: dvyukov, ajk, linux-hams, netdev, linux-kernel, gregkh, jslaby,
	syzkaller, kcc, glider, sasha.levin, edumazet


Need to do the unregister_device() after all references to the driver
private have been done.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
index 216bfd3..0b72b9d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
@@ -798,13 +798,13 @@ static void mkiss_close(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&ax->refcnt))
 		down(&ax->dead_sem);
 
-	unregister_netdev(ax->dev);
-
 	/* Free all AX25 frame buffers. */
 	kfree(ax->rbuff);
 	kfree(ax->xbuff);
 
 	ax->tty = NULL;
+
+	unregister_netdev(ax->dev);
 }
 
 /* Perform I/O control on an active ax25 channel. */
-- 
2.4.1

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