linux-kernel - [PATCH] uio: reset file private

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Date:   Wed, 18 May 2022 04:16:40 +0000
From:   王文虎 <wenhu.wang@...o.com>
To:     "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
CC:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] uio: reset file private_data pointer after kfree

From: Wang Wenhu mailto:wenhu.wang@...o.com

The pointer private_date should be reset to null after the memory
it pointed to, which was alloced for uio_listener instance, was freed.

Signed-off-by: Wang Wenhu <wenhu.wang@...o.com>
---
 drivers/uio/uio.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 43afbb7c5ab9..1595a6eb352b 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -505,6 +505,7 @@ static int uio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
        return 0;

 err_infoopen:
+       filep->private_data = NULL;
        kfree(listener);

 err_alloc_listener:
@@ -536,6 +537,7 @@ static int uio_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
                ret = idev->info->release(idev->info, inode);
        mutex_unlock(&idev->info_lock);

+       filep->private_data = NULL;
        module_put(idev->owner);
        kfree(listener);
        put_device(&idev->dev);
--
2.25.1

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