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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] mtd: ubi: use put_device() if device_register fail
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Am Mittwoch, 14. März 2018, 19:56:52 CET schrieb Boris Brezillon:
> 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.

eeek, thanks for looking at more context.
Arvind, while you are right that put_device() is missing, please double check
that freeing the devices is also correct.

Thanks,
//richard

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