linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.7 042/141] i40iw: Do not set self-referencing pointer to NULL after kfree

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Message-Id: <20161006074450.507969940@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu,  6 Oct 2016 10:27:58 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>,
        Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>,
        Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>,
        Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.7 042/141] i40iw: Do not set self-referencing pointer to NULL after kfree

4.7-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>

commit 7eaf8313b1cfe93417a22bdc3f7380cac2a3dc6d upstream.

In i40iw_free_virt_mem(), do not set mem->va to NULL
after freeing it as mem->va is a self-referencing pointer
to mem.

Fixes: 4e9042e647ff ("i40iw: add hw and utils files")

Reported-by: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mustafa Ismail <mustafa.ismail@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Shiraz Saleem <shiraz.saleem@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_utils.c |    5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_utils.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/i40iw/i40iw_utils.c
@@ -673,8 +673,11 @@ enum i40iw_status_code i40iw_free_virt_m
 {
 	if (!mem)
 		return I40IW_ERR_PARAM;
+	/*
+	 * mem->va points to the parent of mem, so both mem and mem->va
+	 * can not be touched once mem->va is freed
+	 */
 	kfree(mem->va);
-	mem->va = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }