linux-kernel - [2.6.23 regression fix] acpi_ec

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 29 Jul 2007 17:00:37 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Alexey Starikovskiy <astarikovskiy@...e.de>,
	Len Brown <len.brown@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Michal Piotrowski <michal.k.k.piotrowski@...il.com>
Subject: [2.6.23 regression fix] acpi_ec_remove(): fix use-after-free

This patch fixes an obvious use-after-free introduced by
commit 837012ede14a8fc088be3682c964da7fc6af026b.

Spotted by the Coverity checker.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>

---
--- linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1/drivers/acpi/ec.c.old	2007-07-28 07:59:49.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.23-rc1-mm1/drivers/acpi/ec.c	2007-07-28 08:00:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -730,14 +730,14 @@
 static int acpi_ec_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
 {
 	struct acpi_ec *ec;
-	struct acpi_ec_query_handler *handler;
+	struct acpi_ec_query_handler *handler, *tmp;
 
 	if (!device)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ec = acpi_driver_data(device);
 	mutex_lock(&ec->lock);
-	list_for_each_entry(handler, &ec->list, node) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(handler, tmp, &ec->list, node) {
 		list_del(&handler->node);
 		kfree(handler);
 	}

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/