linux-kernel - [PATCH] drivers: tty: Fix use-after-free in pty_common

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Date:	Sun, 13 Jul 2014 01:44:00 +0200
From:	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>, julia.lawall@...6.fr
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
Subject: [PATCH] drivers: tty: Fix use-after-free in pty_common_install

In 2c964a2f "drivers: tty: Merge alloc_tty_struct and
initialize_tty_struct", I messed up the refactorization of
pty_common_install, causing use-after-free and NULL pointer derefs on
various error paths. This should fix it.

Reported-by: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@...musvillemoes.dk>
---
 drivers/tty/pty.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index ac723e3..9bbdb1d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ err_deinit_tty:
 	deinitialize_tty_struct(o_tty);
 	free_tty_struct(o_tty);
 err_put_module:
-	module_put(o_tty->driver->owner);
+	module_put(driver->other->owner);
 err:
 	kfree(ports[0]);
 	kfree(ports[1]);
-- 
1.9.2

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