netdev - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 16/25] wifi: ath10k: reset pointer after memory free to avoid potential use-after-free

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Date:   Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:10:18 +0200
From:   Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:     Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
Cc:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Wen Gong <quic_wgong@...cinc.com>,
        Kalle Valo <quic_kvalo@...cinc.com>, kvalo@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, edumazet@...gle.com, kuba@...nel.org,
        pabeni@...hat.com, ath10k@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 16/25] wifi: ath10k: reset pointer after
 memory free to avoid potential use-after-free

On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 11:53:56AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> > From: Wen Gong <quic_wgong@...cinc.com>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 1e1cb8e0b73e6f39a9d4a7a15d940b1265387eb5 ]
> > 
> > When running suspend test, kernel crash happened in ath10k, and it is
> > fixed by commit b72a4aff947b ("ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend
> > for driver state RESTARTING").
> > 
> > Currently the crash is fixed, but as a common code style, it is better
> > to set the pointer to NULL after memory is free.
> > 
> > This is to address the code style and it will avoid potential bug of
> > use-after-free.
> 
> We don't have this patch in 4.19:
> 
> b72a4aff947b ("ath10k: skip ath10k_halt during suspend for driver state RESTARTING").
> 
> We probably should take that one, as this may depend on it. On the
> other hand, we don't need this one as it is just a cleanup...

I've dropped this from all queues now, thanks.

greg k-h