linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers/crypto/bfin_crc.c: reposition free

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Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:12:36 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers/crypto/bfin_crc.c: reposition free_irq to
 avoid access to invalid data

On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 11:00:16AM +0100, Julia Lawall wrote:
> From: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>
> 
> The data referenced by an interrupt handler should not be freed before the
> interrupt is ended.  The handler is bfin_crypto_crc_handler.  It may refer
> to crc->regs, which is released by the iounmap.
> 
> Furthermore, the second argument to all calls to free_irq is incorrect.  It
> should be the same as the last argument of request_irq, which is crc,
> rather than crc->dev.
> 
> The semantic match that finds the first problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @fn exists@
> expression list es;
> expression a,b;
> identifier f;
> @@
> 
> if (...) {
>   ... when any
>   free_irq(a,b);
>   ... when any
>   f(es);
>   ... when any
>   return ...;
> }
> 
> @@
> expression list fn.es;
> expression fn.a,fn.b;
> identifier fn.f;
> @@
> 
> *f(es);
> ... when any
> *free_irq(a,b);
> // </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@...6.fr>

Patch applied.

Thanks.
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