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]
Message-ID: <4d35ef11-b1eb-c450-2937-94e20fa9a213@prevas.dk>
Date:   Sat, 5 Dec 2020 22:04:28 +0100
From:   Rasmus Villemoes <rasmus.villemoes@...vas.dk>
To:     Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Li Yang <leoyang.li@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Zhao Qiang <qiang.zhao@....com>,
        Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@....com>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/20] ethernet: ucc_geth: fix use-after-free in
 ucc_geth_remove()

On 05/12/2020 21.48, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Sat,  5 Dec 2020 20:17:34 +0100 Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> -	unregister_netdev(dev);
>> -	free_netdev(dev);
>>  	ucc_geth_memclean(ugeth);
>>  	if (of_phy_is_fixed_link(np))
>>  		of_phy_deregister_fixed_link(np);
>>  	of_node_put(ugeth->ug_info->tbi_node);
>>  	of_node_put(ugeth->ug_info->phy_node);
>> +	unregister_netdev(dev);
>> +	free_netdev(dev);
> 
> Are you sure you want to move the unregister_netdev() as well as the
> free?
> 

Hm, dunno, I don't think it's needed per se, but it also shouldn't hurt
from what I can tell. It seems more natural that they go together, but
if you prefer a minimal patch that's of course also possible.

I only noticed because I needed to add a free of the ug_info in a later
patch.

Rasmus

Powered by blists - more mailing lists

Powered by Openwall GNU/*/Linux Powered by OpenVZ