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From: greg <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: yan <clouds.yan@gmail.com>
Cc: kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, message <message.get@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4][Trivial] lib/kobject.c : check parameter in kobject_init_and_add
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:41:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120423204118.GD13075@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1335003475.2188.43.camel@yan>

On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 06:17:49PM +0800, yan wrote:
> If user turns to the simple interface kobject_init_and_add 
> and gives a null kobject, kobject_init can detect it but 
> just dumps the stack. Then there is:
>   -->kobject_add_varg
>    -->kobject_set_name_vargs
> In the end, it will reference kobj->name and we have an oops.
> 
> Check whether we have a valid kobject in kobject_init_and_add.

Why would anyone ever call this function without a valid kobject?

Again, sorry, this patch isn't ok.

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2012-04-23 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-21 10:17 [PATCH 4/4][Trivial] lib/kobject.c : check parameter in kobject_init_and_add yan
2012-04-23 20:41 ` greg [this message]

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