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From: David Matlack <matlackdavid@gmail.com>
To: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	liodot@gmail.com, charrer@alacritech.com,
	David Matlack <matlackdavid@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix use-after-free bug in slic_entry_remove
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 21:25:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1400819147-14236-6-git-send-email-matlackdavid@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1400819147-14236-1-git-send-email-matlackdavid@gmail.com>

Fix a use-after-free bug that causes a null pointer dereference in
slic_entry_halt().

Since unregister_netdev() will ultimately call slic_entry_halt() (the
net_device ndo_stop() virtual function for this device), we should
call it before freeing the memory that is used by slic_entry_halt().
Specifically, slic_unmap_mmio_space() frees adapter->slic_regs, but
those registers are used in slic_entry_halt().

Signed-off-by: David Matlack <matlackdavid@gmail.com>
---
This patch was originally sent here https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/6/5 with
my google.com email address. But due to Google's recent change in DMARC
policies, that patchset was silently dropped for at least some users
(including my personal gmail account). So I'm sending it out now with
my gmail.com account. Let me know if this is an issue. Thanks.

 drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
index d670490..b8eeb3b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/slicoss/slicoss.c
@@ -2526,9 +2526,10 @@ static void slic_entry_remove(struct pci_dev *pcidev)
 	struct sliccard *card;
 	struct mcast_address *mcaddr, *mlist;
 
+	unregister_netdev(dev);
+
 	slic_adapter_freeresources(adapter);
 	slic_unmap_mmio_space(adapter);
-	unregister_netdev(dev);
 
 	/* free multicast addresses */
 	mlist = adapter->mcastaddrs;
-- 
1.9.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-23  4:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-23  4:25 [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix use-after-free in slic_entry_probe David Matlack
2014-05-23  4:25 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix free-after-free in slic_entry_remove David Matlack
2014-05-23  4:25 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: remove unused members of struct adapter David Matlack
2014-05-23  4:25 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: remove gratuitous debug infrastructure David Matlack
2014-05-23  4:25 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix 64-bit isr address bug David Matlack
2014-05-23  4:25 ` David Matlack [this message]
2014-05-23  4:25 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: remove private netdev list David Matlack
2014-05-23 20:11   ` David Matlack
2014-05-23 22:17     ` Greg KH
2014-05-23  4:25 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: clean up use of dev_err David Matlack
2014-05-23 20:14   ` David Matlack
2014-05-23 11:14 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix use-after-free in slic_entry_probe Greg KH
2014-05-23 20:07   ` David Matlack

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