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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: David Matlack <matlackdavid@gmail.com>
Cc: devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, charrer@alacritech.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, liodot@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix use-after-free in slic_entry_probe
Date: Fri, 23 May 2014 20:14:54 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20140523111454.GA3992@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1400819147-14236-1-git-send-email-matlackdavid@gmail.com>

On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 09:25:40PM -0700, David Matlack wrote:
> Fix a use-after-free bug that can cause a kernel oops. If
> slic_card_init fails then slic_entry_probe() (the pci probe()
> function for this device) will return error without cleaning
> up memory (including the registered netdev struct).
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Matlack <matlackdavid@gmail.com>
> ---
> This patch was originally sent here https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/5/6/10 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.

I think I've already applied all of these, if not, please let me know.

Also, you forgot to number these patches to let me know what order to
apply them in :(

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-05-23 18:39 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 ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix use-after-free bug in slic_entry_remove David Matlack
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 ` Greg KH [this message]
2014-05-23 20:07   ` [PATCH] staging: slicoss: fix use-after-free in slic_entry_probe David Matlack

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