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* [patch 10/31] lib/test_kmod.c: fix rmmod double free
@ 2018-11-30 22:09 akpm
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From: akpm @ 2018-11-30 22:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
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From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Subject: lib/test_kmod.c: fix rmmod double free

We free the misc device string twice on rmmod; fix this.  Without this we
cannot remove the module without crashing.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181124050500.5257-1-mcgrof@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@kernel.org>
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>	[4.12+]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/test_kmod.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/test_kmod.c~test_kmod-fix-rmmod-double-free
+++ a/lib/test_kmod.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,6 @@ void unregister_test_dev_kmod(struct kmo
 
 	dev_info(test_dev->dev, "removing interface\n");
 	misc_deregister(&test_dev->misc_dev);
-	kfree(&test_dev->misc_dev.name);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&test_dev->config_mutex);
 	mutex_unlock(&test_dev->trigger_mutex);
_

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