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From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Mathias Nyman <mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>
Cc: pmenzel@molgen.mpg.de, mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com,
	linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFT PATCH] xhci: Fix memory leak when caching protocol extended capability PSI tables
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 16:40:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200108154008.GA2448418@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200108151730.21022-1-mathias.nyman@linux.intel.com>

On Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 05:17:30PM +0200, Mathias Nyman wrote:
> xhci driver assumed that xHC controllers have at most one custom
> supported speed table (PSI) for all usb 3.x ports.
> Memory was allocated for one PSI table under the xhci hub structure.
> 
> Turns out this is not the case, some controllers have a separate
> "supported protocol capability" entry with a PSI table for each port.
> This means each usb3 port can in theory support different custom speeds.

Is there a "max" number of port capabilities that can happen?  Or this
this truely dynamic?

> +	for (i = 0; i < xhci->num_port_caps; i++) {
> +		kfree(xhci->port_caps[i].psi);
> +		xhci->port_caps[i].psi = NULL;
> +	}

Nit, no need to set to NULL here :)

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-08 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-20  9:44 BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in xhci_trb_virt_to_dma.part.24+0x1c/0x80 Paul Menzel
2018-07-20  9:54 ` Greg KH
2018-07-23 11:23   ` Paul Menzel
2020-01-02 14:10     ` Paul Menzel
2020-01-03 11:04       ` Mika Westerberg
2020-01-07 12:09         ` Mathias Nyman
2020-01-07 15:35           ` Paul Menzel
2020-01-08  9:34             ` Mathias Nyman
2020-01-08 15:17               ` [RFT PATCH] xhci: Fix memory leak when caching protocol extended capability PSI tables Mathias Nyman
2020-01-08 15:40                 ` Greg KH [this message]
2020-01-08 15:56                   ` Mathias Nyman
     [not found]                 ` <CGME20200211105613eucas1p27cac4202c4287a5967b2ed988779d523@eucas1p2.samsung.com>
2020-02-11 10:56                   ` Marek Szyprowski
2020-02-11 12:23                     ` Greg KH
2020-02-11 12:29                       ` Mathias Nyman
2020-02-11 14:08                         ` Mathias Nyman
2020-02-11 15:01                           ` [RFT PATCH v2] " Mathias Nyman
2020-02-11 15:12                             ` Marek Szyprowski
2020-02-11 16:13                               ` Greg KH
2020-02-12  9:01                                 ` Mathias Nyman
2020-02-12 17:51                                   ` Greg KH
2020-02-13 13:33                             ` Jon Hunter
2020-02-14  7:47                               ` Mathias Nyman
2020-02-14  8:35                                 ` Jon Hunter
2020-01-09  8:53         ` BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in xhci_trb_virt_to_dma.part.24+0x1c/0x80 Felipe Balbi

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