linux-kernel - [PATCH 90/97] amd64_edac: fix driver instance freeing

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Message-Id: <1262651630-7354-90-git-send-email-gregkh@suse.de>
Date:	Mon,  4 Jan 2010 16:33:43 -0800
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org,
	stable-review@...nel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 90/97] amd64_edac: fix driver instance freeing

From: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>

commit 8f68ed9728193b1f2fb53ba06031b06bd8b3d1b4 upstream.

Fix use-after-free errors by pushing all memory-freeing calls to the end
of amd64_remove_one_instance().

Reported-by: Darren Jenkins <darrenrjenkins@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <1261370306.11354.52.camel@...-BOX>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c |    9 ++++-----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
index d271509..72d84d0 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
+++ b/drivers/edac/amd64_edac.c
@@ -3082,16 +3082,15 @@ static void __devexit amd64_remove_one_instance(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 
 	amd64_free_mc_sibling_devices(pvt);
 
-	kfree(pvt);
-	mci->pvt_info = NULL;
-
-	mci_lookup[pvt->mc_node_id] = NULL;
-
 	/* unregister from EDAC MCE */
 	amd_report_gart_errors(false);
 	amd_unregister_ecc_decoder(amd64_decode_bus_error);
 
 	/* Free the EDAC CORE resources */
+	mci->pvt_info = NULL;
+	mci_lookup[pvt->mc_node_id] = NULL;
+
+	kfree(pvt);
 	edac_mc_free(mci);
 }
 
-- 
1.6.6

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