netdev - Re: [PATCH] NFC: NULL out the dev->rfkill to prevent UAF

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Date:   Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:39:50 +0200
From:   Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>
To:     Lin Ma <linma@....edu.cn>, davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NFC: NULL out the dev->rfkill to prevent UAF

On 12/04/2022 07:32, Lin Ma wrote:
> Commit 3e3b5dfcd16a ("NFC: reorder the logic in nfc_{un,}register_device") 
> assumes the device_is_registered() in function nfc_dev_up() will help
> to check when the rfkill is unregistered. However, this check only 
> take effect when device_del(&dev->dev) is done in nfc_unregister_device().
> Hence, the rfkill object is still possible be dereferenced.
> 


Reviewed-by: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski@...aro.org>


Best regards,
Krzysztof