Re: [PATCH] ia64:unwind: fix double free for mod->arch.init_unw_table

[Greg KH]

On Tue, Aug 06, 2019 at 03:46:33PM +0800, chenzefeng wrote:
> The function free_module in file kernel/module.c as follow:
> 
> void free_module(struct module *mod) {
> 	......
> 	module_arch_cleanup(mod);
> 	......
> 	module_arch_freeing_init(mod);
> 	......
> }
> 
> Both module_arch_cleanup and module_arch_freeing_init function
> would free the mod->arch.init_unw_table, which cause double free.
> 
> Here, set mod->arch.init_unw_table = NULL after remove the unwind
> table to avoid double free.
> 
> Signed-off-by: chenzefeng <chenzefeng2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/ia64/kernel/module.c | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read:
    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/stable-kernel-rules.html
for how to do this properly.

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