linux-kernel - Re: Dereferencing freed memory bugs

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Message-ID: <49CE7161.9000400@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:50:09 +0100
From:	Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@...il.com>
To:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, eteo@...hat.com,
	aacraid@...ptec.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dereferencing freed memory bugs

Dan Carpenter wrote:
> I added a check to smatch (http://repo.or.cz/w/smatch.git/) to check
> for when we dereference
> freed memory.
> 
> (...)
> drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c +246 adpt_detect(58) 'pHba'
> drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c +266 adpt_detect(78) 'pHba'
> drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c +1236 adpt_i2o_delete_hba(78) 'pHba'
> (...)

Very old bug - it predates git import (2.6.12-rc2).

Adding CCs.

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