Re: mmc: core: fix possible use after free of host

[Ulf Hansson]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2019 at 10:29, Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In the function mmc_alloc_host, the function put_device is called to
> release allocated resources when mmc_gpio_alloc fails. Finally, the
> function pointed by host->class_dev.class->dev_release (i.e.,
> mmc_host_classdev_release) is used to release resources including the
> host structure. However, after put_device, host is used and released
> again. Resulting in a use-after-free bug.
>
> Fixes: 1ed21719448("mmc: core: fix error path in mmc_host_alloc")
> Signed-off-by: Pan Bian <bianpan2016@xxxxxxx>

Applied for next, thanks!

Kind regards
Uffe


> ---
>  drivers/mmc/core/host.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
> index 3a4402a..f8ac567 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
> @@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ struct mmc_host *mmc_alloc_host(int extra, struct device *dev)
>
>         if (mmc_gpio_alloc(host)) {
>                 put_device(&host->class_dev);
> -               ida_simple_remove(&mmc_host_ida, host->index);
> -               kfree(host);
>                 return NULL;
>         }
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>
>