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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@163.com>
Cc: Ferruh Yigit <fery@cypress.com>,
	linux-input@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Input: cyttsp4_core: fix use after free bug
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2019 17:04:43 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20191113010443.GM13374@dtor-ws> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1572936379-6423-1-git-send-email-bianpan2016@163.com>

On Tue, Nov 05, 2019 at 02:46:19PM +0800, Pan Bian wrote:
> The device md->input is used after it is released. Setting the device
> data to NULL is unnecessary as the device is never used again. Instead,
> md->input should be assigned NULL to avoid accessing the freed memory
> accidently.

No, we are tearing up the device anyway, I'd leave it as it was, so I'll
drop this chunk and apply the rest.

Thank you.

-- 
Dmitry

      reply	other threads:[~2019-11-13  1:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-11-05  6:46 [PATCH] Input: cyttsp4_core: fix use after free bug Pan Bian
2019-11-13  1:04 ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]

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