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Message-ID: <51368bcf-d2e3-42cc-a112-a1a485f29c73@web.de>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 07:15:50 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
Harshit Mogalapalli <harshit.m.mogalapalli@...cle.com>,
platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
Zhang Rui <rui.zhang@...el.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>, Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [v2] platform/x86: ISST: fix use-after-free in
tpmi_sst_dev_remove()
>>>> …
>>>>> Fix this by reordering the kfree() post the dereference.
…
> The original wording of the commit message really is fine as is,
> I see no need for Harshit to send a new version and I plan to
> merge this as is.
Are there opportunities remaining to improve the discussed wording?
1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/post#Etymology_1
2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reorder
3. Function call indication?
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v6.9.1/source/mm/slub.c#L4371
4. Rephrasing of “Fix this by …”?
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling_pointer#Cause_of_dangling_pointers
6. https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MEM30-C.+Do+not+access+freed+memory#MEM30C.Donotaccessfreedmemory-AutomatedDetection
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_sanitizer#KernelAddressSanitizer
Regards,
Markus
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