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Message-ID: <20080804170833.GA9513@srcf.ucam.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 18:08:33 +0100
From: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
To: corentincj@...aif.net
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] eeepc-laptop: Fix user after free
eeepc-laptop uses the hwmon struct after unregistering the device,
causing an oops on module unload. Flip the ordering to fix.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
---
diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeepc-laptop.c b/drivers/misc/eeepc-laptop.c
index 9e8d79e..facdb98 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeepc-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeepc-laptop.c
@@ -553,9 +553,9 @@ static void eeepc_hwmon_exit(void)
hwmon = eeepc_hwmon_device;
if (!hwmon)
return ;
- hwmon_device_unregister(hwmon);
sysfs_remove_group(&hwmon->kobj,
&hwmon_attribute_group);
+ hwmon_device_unregister(hwmon);
eeepc_hwmon_device = NULL;
}
--
Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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