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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: nil Yi <teroincn@gmail.com>
Cc: johan@kernel.org, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG]drivers: usb: serial: mos7840.c: dangling pointer in function mos7840_open
Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2021 14:15:15 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YQaQU0hkHQRcdjRC@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANTwqXBzZaPGomgsy00RhgTHvETWEXg_ZiL1ujgKmEU2TUsc_A@mail.gmail.com>

On Sun, Aug 01, 2021 at 05:03:30PM +0800, nil Yi wrote:
> Hi, there is a dangling pointer in mos7840_port->write_urb_pool[j]  in function
> mos7840_open in v5.14-rc3.
> 
> in function mos7840_open err path :
> 
> 717: err:
> 718: for (j = 0; j < NUM_URBS; ++j) {
> 719: urb = mos7840_port->write_urb_pool[j];
> 720:  if (!urb)
> 721:     continue;
> 722: kfree(urb->transfer_buffer);
> 723:  usb_free_urb(urb);
> }
> 
> leave a dangling pointer here,  I'm not sure whether it  can be
> triggered somewhere.

What exactly do you mean by "dangling pointer"?  What specifically is
the bug here?

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-01 12:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-01  9:03 [BUG]drivers: usb: serial: mos7840.c: dangling pointer in function mos7840_open nil Yi
2021-08-01 12:15 ` Greg KH [this message]
2021-08-07  3:45   ` nil Yi
2021-08-07  5:20     ` Greg KH

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