Hi, On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 11:11:37AM -0400, Sven Van Asbroeck wrote: > This driver's remove path calls cancel_delayed_work(). > However, that function does not wait until the work function > finishes. This could mean that the work function is still > running after the driver's remove function has finished, > which would result in a use-after-free. > > Fix by calling cancel_delayed_work_sync(), which ensures that > that the work is properly cancelled, no longer running, and > unable to re-schedule itself. > > This issue was detected with the help of Coccinelle. > > Cc: stable > Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck > --- Thanks, queued. -- Sebastian > drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c b/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c > index da49436176cd..30a9014b2f95 100644 > --- a/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c > +++ b/drivers/power/supply/ltc2941-battery-gauge.c > @@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ static int ltc294x_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *client) > { > struct ltc294x_info *info = i2c_get_clientdata(client); > > - cancel_delayed_work(&info->work); > + cancel_delayed_work_sync(&info->work); > power_supply_unregister(info->supply); > return 0; > } > -- > 2.17.1 >