linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] mcb: fix error handling in mcb_alloc

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Date:   Tue, 15 Jun 2021 17:41:54 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Johannes Thumshirn <jth@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mcb: fix error handling in mcb_alloc_bus()

On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:55:29PM +0900, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> 
> There are two bugs:
> 1) If ida_simple_get() fails then this code calls put_device(carrier)
>    but we haven't yet called get_device(carrier) and probably that
>    leads to a use after free.
> 2) After device_initialize() then we need to use put_device() to
>    release the bus.  This will free the internal resources tied to the
>    device and call mcb_free_bus() which will free the rest.
> 
> Fixes: 5d9e2ab9fea4 ("mcb: Implement bus->dev.release callback")
> Fixes: 18d288198099 ("mcb: Correctly initialize the bus's device")
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jth@...nel.org>
> ---
>  drivers/mcb/mcb-core.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Shouldn't this go to the stable kernels?  Why not cc: stable in the
signed-off-by lines?

thanks,

greg k-h