[PATCH] serial: ifx6x60: fix use-after-free on module unload

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Wed Apr 26 2017 - 06:25:02 EST


Make sure to deregister the SPI driver before releasing the tty driver
to avoid use-after-free in the SPI remove callback where the tty
devices are deregistered.

Fixes: 72d4724ea54c ("serial: ifx6x60: Add modem power off function in the platform reboot process")
Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.8
Cc: Jun Chen <jun.d.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c
index 157883653256..f190a84a0246 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ifx6x60.c
@@ -1382,9 +1382,9 @@ static struct spi_driver ifx_spi_driver = {
static void __exit ifx_spi_exit(void)
{
/* unregister */
+ spi_unregister_driver(&ifx_spi_driver);
tty_unregister_driver(tty_drv);
put_tty_driver(tty_drv);
- spi_unregister_driver(&ifx_spi_driver);
unregister_reboot_notifier(&ifx_modem_reboot_notifier_block);
}

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2.12.2