linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer of memory ownership

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Message-ID: <45dfc1f3-7fe9-42b8-ad51-95cb5feaac87@web.de>
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 16:33:34 +0200
From: Markus Elfring <Markus.Elfring@....de>
To: Jeongjun Park <aha310510@...il.com>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 syzbot+1d9c0edea5907af239e0@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
 "Daniel W. S. Almeida" <dwlsalmeida@...il.com>,
 Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] media: vidtv: initialize local pointers upon transfer
 of memory ownership

…
> Therefore, to prevent use-after-free and double-free vuln, local pointers
> must be initialized to NULL when transferring memory ownership.

          reset?

Regards,
Markus