netdev - [PATCH] mlx4: Fix access to freed memory

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Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:52:40 +0400
From:	Vitaliy Gusev <vgusev@...nvz.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	Jack Morgenstein <jackm@....mellanox.co.il>,
	Roland Dreier <rolandd@...co.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mlx4: Fix access to freed memory

catas_reset() uses pointer to mlx4_priv, but mlx4_priv is not valid after
call mlx4_restart_one().

Signed-off-by: Vitaliy Gusev <vgusev@...nvz.org>

diff --git a/drivers/net/mlx4/catas.c b/drivers/net/mlx4/catas.c
index aa9674b..f599294 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mlx4/catas.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mlx4/catas.c
@@ -96,12 +96,17 @@ static void catas_reset(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&catas_lock);
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(priv, tmppriv, &tlist, catas_err.list) {
+		struct pci_dev *pdev = priv->dev.pdev;
+
 		ret = mlx4_restart_one(priv->dev.pdev);
-		dev = &priv->dev;
+		/* 'priv' now is not valid */
 		if (ret)
-			mlx4_err(dev, "Reset failed (%d)\n", ret);
-		else
+			printk(KERN_ERR "mlx4 %s: Reset failed (%d)\n",
+				pci_name(pdev), ret);
+		else {
+			dev  = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
 			mlx4_dbg(dev, "Reset succeeded\n");
+		}
 	}
 }
 
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