Re: [Bug 8535] USB input death then system freeze

Tejun Heo
2007-07-27T04:18:37Z

Alan Stern wrote:
> Tejun:
>
> Please take a look at comment #50 in Bugzilla 8535:
>
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8535#c50
>
> There have been several reports like this one recently of BUGs
> occurring in release_sysfs_dirent() during device unregistration.
> Obviously a use-after-free issue, probably caused by a refcounting
> error.
>
> Is there already a patch available to fix it?

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/556682/raw

Does this patch fix the problem?

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tejun