Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] pci: endpoint: Fix double free in pci_epf_create()
From: Bjorn Helgaas
Date: Tue Feb 27 2018 - 09:52:38 EST
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 10:20:30AM +0000, Lorenzo Pieralisi wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 11:02:28AM +0100, Rolf Evers-Fischer wrote:
> > This is version 3 of a patchset to avoid double free in function
> > 'pci_epf_create()'.
> >
> > When I accidentally created a new endpoint device with an empty name,
> > the kernel warned about "attempted to be registered with empty name!"
> > and crashed afterwards.
> >
> > It turned out that the crash was not caused by the 'device_add()'
> > function itself, but by a double kfree of 'epf->name' and 'epf'.
> >
> > The first patch just simplifies the code, while the second patch
> > fixes the problem.
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Matched to other pending pci endpoint commits (thanks, Bjorn!)
> > - Added "Fixes" tag in patch 2 (thanks, Andy!)
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Based on feedback from Lorenzo, Andy and Kishon (thanks!)
> > - Change IDs removed
> > - First patch completely reworked in order to eliminate the
> > need for the second 'kstrdup' allocation and the 'kfree' of
> > the first allocation.
> > It was tested with name="pci_epf_test.0" and name="pci_epb":
> > The 'epf->name' was "pci_epf_test" or "pci_epb" (=unchanged).
> >
> > Rolf Evers-Fischer (2):
> > pci: endpoint: Simplify name allocation for epf device
> > pci: endpoint: Fix kernel panic after put_device()
> ^^^
>
> s/pci/PCI
>
> Bjorn pointed that out too, I can do it when merging the patches myself
> just a hint in case you have to respin it again, no problem.
I wonder if Rolf posted the wrong version accidentally, since he
mentioned making these match, but I don't see anything different in
this posting. Oh, never mind, I see the response about rebasing.
I should have been more clear about what I was looking for.
Also s/epf/EPF/, since "epf" isn't a real word.