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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] mtd: ubi: use put_device() if device_register fail
On Fri,  9 Mar 2018 16:20:49 +0530
Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com> wrote:

> if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
> to give up the reference initialized.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@gmail.com>
> ---
> drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
> index 3fd8d7f..db85b68 100644
> --- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
> +++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
> @@ -609,6 +609,7 @@ int ubi_add_volume(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_volume *vol)
> return err;
>
> out_cdev:
> + put_device(&vol->dev);
> cdev_del(&vol->cdev);

use-after-free bug here: put_device() has freed the vol obj, and you're
dereferencing the pointer just after that.

> return err;
> }



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Boris Brezillon, Bootlin (formerly Free Electrons)
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

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