linux-kernel - [PATCH] lib/test: use after free in register_test_dev

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Message-ID: <20220324055207.GA21683@kili>
Date:   Thu, 24 Mar 2022 08:52:07 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-modules@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] lib/test: use after free in register_test_dev_kmod()

The "test_dev" pointer is freed but then returned to the caller.

Fixes: d9c6a72d6fa2 ("kmod: add test driver to stress test the module loader")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
---
 lib/test_kmod.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/test_kmod.c b/lib/test_kmod.c
index ce1589391413..cb800b1d0d99 100644
--- a/lib/test_kmod.c
+++ b/lib/test_kmod.c
@@ -1149,6 +1149,7 @@ static struct kmod_test_device *register_test_dev_kmod(void)
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("could not register misc device: %d\n", ret);
 		free_test_dev_kmod(test_dev);
+		test_dev = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-- 
2.20.1