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Date:	Sun, 15 May 2011 11:36:29 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>
CC:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org" <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"Richter, Robert" <robert.richter@....com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"Herrmann3, Andreas" <Andreas.Herrmann3@....com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c: Avoid
 leaving freed data in a list

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 09:52:09AM -0400, Julia Lawall wrote:
> b may be added to a list, but is not removed before being freed in the case
> of an error.  This is done in the corresponding deallocation function, so
> the code here has been changed to follow that.
> 
> The sematic match that finds this problem is as follows:
> (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
> 
> // <smpl>
> @@
> expression E,E1,E2;
> identifier l;
> @@
> 
> *list_add(&E->l,E1);
> ... when != E1
>     when != list_del(&E->l)
>     when != list_del_init(&E->l)
>     when != E = E2
> *kfree(E);// </smpl>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@...u.dk>

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@....com>

> 
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c
> index 167f97b..bb0adad 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c
> @@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ recurse:
>  out_free:
>  	if (b) {
>  		kobject_put(&b->kobj);
> +		list_del(&b->miscj);
>  		kfree(b);
>  	}
>  	return err;
> 
> 

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