Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [-next] rtlwifi: kfree entry until after entry->bssid has been accessed | From | Kalle Valo <> | Date | Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:58:35 +0000 (UTC) |
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Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> > > The current code kfree's entry and then dereferences it by accessing > entry->bssid. Avoid the dereference-after-free by moving the kfree > after the access to entry->bssid. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1448600 ("Read from pointer after free") > > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
d0116f6f7b30 rtlwifi: kfree entry until after entry->bssid has been accessed
-- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9819083/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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