linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: Blackfin NFC: fix invalid free in remove()

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 30 Aug 2010 15:59:33 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@...il.com>
To:	Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:	linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	uclinux-dist-devel@...ckfin.uclinux.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: Blackfin NFC: fix invalid free in remove()

On Mon, 2010-08-30 at 15:58 +0300, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 16:42 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > Since info->mtd isn't dynamically allocated, we shouldn't attempt to
> > kfree() it.  Otherwise we get random fun corruption when unloading
> > the driver built as a module.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
> > ---
> > note: this should be merged for 2.6.36 and probably sent to stable trees
> 
> You send the same patch 2 times once with this note and the other time
> without this note. Which one should be ignored?

I guess it is 2.6.36 material. Also, if you want this in -stable, add
corresponding CC please.

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/