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SubjectRe: [PATCH] firmware: Always initialize the fw_priv list object
On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 06:09:38PM -0700, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> When freeing the fw_priv the item is taken off the list. This causes an
> oops in the FW_OPT_NOCACHE case as the list object is not initialized.
>
> Make sure to initialize the list object regardless of this flag.
>
> Fixes: 422b3db2a503 ("firmware: Fix security issue with request_firmware_into_buf()")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: Rishabh Bhatnagar <rishabhb@codeaurora.org>
> Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson <bjorn.andersson@linaro.org>
> ---
> drivers/base/firmware_loader/main.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Is this being triggered by some hardware somewhere today? Or is this
just a fix found by code inspection?

thanks,

greg k-h

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