Re: [PATCH -next] gpio: Use kzalloc() to allocate struct gpio_device to fix crash

[Linus Walleij]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> gpiochip_add_data() allocates the struct gpio_device using kmalloc(),
> which doesn't zero the returned memory.
>
> Hence when calling dev_set_name(), it may try to free a bogus old name,
> causing a crash:

Ooops got two patches to this independently and applied the other one,
I tagged your name onto the Reported-by now. Thanks!

Yours,
Linus Walleij