linux-kernel - Re: [v2] platform/x86: ISST: fix use-after-free in tpmi_sst_dev

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Message-ID: <7b903568-d8e8-4a06-b501-8d49f3f0fffa@web.de>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 12:42:37 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com>,
 Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.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.
…
> We'll not waste our time in wordsmithing commit messages to perfection,

I hope that you would also like to avoid typos in change descriptions.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.9#n45


> the current one is good enough as was stated to you already.

I dared to present some wording concerns according to the running patch review.

Regards,
Markus