linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH lkdtm] lkdtm: Fix reference preceded by free

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Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 20:36:46 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     David Yang <davidcomponentone@...il.com>
Cc:     Yang Guang <yang.guang5@....com.cn>,
        Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>, arnd@...db.de,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH lkdtm] lkdtm: Fix reference preceded by free

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 09:38:59AM +0800, David Yang wrote:
> From: Yang Guang <yang.guang5@....com.cn>
> >
> > The coccinelle check report:
> > ./drivers/misc/lkdtm/heap.c:115:7-11:
> > ERROR: reference preceded by free on line 112
> > Moving the "kfree(base)" after using place to fix it.
> >
> > Reported-by: Zeal Robot <zealci@....com.cn>
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Guang <yang.guang5@....com.cn>
>
> Please ignore this patch. Thanks.

Heh, no worries. It's nice to know that the Coccinelle checks are
finding broken things, though! :) (It's just that LKDTM is intentionally
broken.) ;)

-- 
Kees Cook