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From: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Cc: Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org>, Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com>,
	linux-sparse@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compile-i386: fix use-after-free in func_cleanup()
Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:01:50 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAOJsxLE_QeiKpXqy=xz1E+Beg+MCu9yJf=LYMb_iTWn1UEcNRQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAFtxgO7dwKEb8Fc153_jzBJira6uFrBYTd_1e4hF0q+yHc8aJw@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Christopher Li <sparse@chrisli.org> wrote:
>> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 9:22 AM, Xi Wang <xi.wang@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> compile-i386 sometimes crashes due a use-after-free error.  Since
>>> f->pseudo_list is freed first, which invalidates some atom->op* in
>>> f->atom_list.  Further checks like `atom->op1->flags & STOR_WANTS_FREE'
>>> will read garbage, which may lead to a double free.
>>>
>>> This patch switches the cleanup order and frees f->atom_list first.
>>> Those marked as STOR_WANTS_FREE won't appear in f->pseudo_list.
>>
>> Seems make sense. I will apply if Jeff don't have any objections.
>
> If the patch makes sense, go for it.  I'm on vacation in France until
> June 8, the original patch is not in my inbox, and I do not have
> readily available Internet connectivity besides... :)

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@kernel.org>
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      reply	other threads:[~2012-06-04 11:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-06-01 16:22 [PATCH] compile-i386: fix use-after-free in func_cleanup() Xi Wang
     [not found] ` <CANeU7Qm9Lo320TmkMzh6BKVC4Uwz6Pz6btuNxmW3fJH7zMMYcg@mail.gmail.com>
2012-06-04  9:42   ` Jeff Garzik
2012-06-04 11:01     ` Pekka Enberg [this message]

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