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* [PATCH] b43: fix use-after-free rfkill bug
@ 2008-01-13 17:30 Stefano Brivio
  2008-01-13 17:41 ` Michael Buesch
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stefano Brivio @ 2008-01-13 17:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Buesch, John W. Linville; +Cc: linux-wireless, bcm43xx-dev

Fix rfkill code which caused a use-after-free bug.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
---
Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
===================================================================
--- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
+++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
@@ -138,8 +138,11 @@ void b43_rfkill_init(struct b43_wldev *d
 	rfk->rfkill->user_claim_unsupported = 1;
 
 	rfk->poll_dev = input_allocate_polled_device();
-	if (!rfk->poll_dev)
-		goto err_free_rfk;
+	if (!rfk->poll_dev) {
+		rfkill_free(rfk->rfkill);
+		goto err_freed_rfk;
+	}
+
 	rfk->poll_dev->private = dev;
 	rfk->poll_dev->poll = b43_rfkill_poll;
 	rfk->poll_dev->poll_interval = 1000; /* msecs */
@@ -175,8 +178,7 @@ err_unreg_rfk:
 err_free_polldev:
 	input_free_polled_device(rfk->poll_dev);
 	rfk->poll_dev = NULL;
-err_free_rfk:
-	rfkill_free(rfk->rfkill);
+err_freed_rfk:
 	rfk->rfkill = NULL;
 out_error:
 	rfk->registered = 0;
@@ -195,6 +197,5 @@ void b43_rfkill_exit(struct b43_wldev *d
 	rfkill_unregister(rfk->rfkill);
 	input_free_polled_device(rfk->poll_dev);
 	rfk->poll_dev = NULL;
-	rfkill_free(rfk->rfkill);
 	rfk->rfkill = NULL;
 }


--
Ciao
Stefano

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* Re: [PATCH] b43: fix use-after-free rfkill bug
  2008-01-13 17:30 [PATCH] b43: fix use-after-free rfkill bug Stefano Brivio
@ 2008-01-13 17:41 ` Michael Buesch
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Michael Buesch @ 2008-01-13 17:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: bcm43xx-dev; +Cc: Stefano Brivio, John W. Linville, linux-wireless

On Sunday 13 January 2008 18:30:14 Stefano Brivio wrote:
> Fix rfkill code which caused a use-after-free bug.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <stefano.brivio@polimi.it>
> ---
> Index: wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
> ===================================================================
> --- wireless-2.6.orig/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
> +++ wireless-2.6/drivers/net/wireless/b43/rfkill.c
> @@ -138,8 +138,11 @@ void b43_rfkill_init(struct b43_wldev *d
>  	rfk->rfkill->user_claim_unsupported = 1;
>  
>  	rfk->poll_dev = input_allocate_polled_device();
> -	if (!rfk->poll_dev)
> -		goto err_free_rfk;
> +	if (!rfk->poll_dev) {
> +		rfkill_free(rfk->rfkill);
> +		goto err_freed_rfk;
> +	}
> +
>  	rfk->poll_dev->private = dev;
>  	rfk->poll_dev->poll = b43_rfkill_poll;
>  	rfk->poll_dev->poll_interval = 1000; /* msecs */
> @@ -175,8 +178,7 @@ err_unreg_rfk:
>  err_free_polldev:
>  	input_free_polled_device(rfk->poll_dev);
>  	rfk->poll_dev = NULL;
> -err_free_rfk:
> -	rfkill_free(rfk->rfkill);
> +err_freed_rfk:
>  	rfk->rfkill = NULL;
>  out_error:
>  	rfk->registered = 0;
> @@ -195,6 +197,5 @@ void b43_rfkill_exit(struct b43_wldev *d
>  	rfkill_unregister(rfk->rfkill);
>  	input_free_polled_device(rfk->poll_dev);
>  	rfk->poll_dev = NULL;
> -	rfkill_free(rfk->rfkill);
>  	rfk->rfkill = NULL;
>  }

Acked-by: Michael Buesch <mb@bu3sch.de>

-- 
Greetings Michael.

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