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From: Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@ioremap.net>
To: Alexey Ignatov <lexszero@gmail.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] w1: w1-gpio: Fix double-free of platform_data
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2017 19:38:23 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5485571493483903@web21g.yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170325170645.16073-1-lexszero@gmail.com>

Hi Alexey

25.03.2017, 20:08, "Alexey Ignatov" <lexszero@gmail.com>:
> struct w1_gpio_platform_data was allocated using devres when using
> device tree. Then it was assigned to dev.platform_data, which leaded
> to double free on device removal by devres and by direct
> kfree(platform_data) in platform_device_release)

If this patch is still relevant, please add someone from device-tree into copy, I would think this bug
affect anyone and we see alot of bug reports since probe failure ends up with double free.

Also a nit:

> @@ -143,12 +141,12 @@ static int w1_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>          int err;
>
>          if (of_have_populated_dt()) {
> - err = w1_gpio_probe_dt(pdev);
> - if (err < 0)
> - return err;
> + pdata = w1_gpio_probe_dt(pdev);
> + if (IS_ERR(pdata) < 0)
> + return PTR_ERR(pdata);

IS_ERR() should not be used this way

      reply	other threads:[~2017-04-29 16:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-03-25 17:06 [PATCH] w1: w1-gpio: Fix double-free of platform_data Alexey Ignatov
2017-04-29 16:38 ` Evgeniy Polyakov [this message]

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