Re: [PATCH 5.10 191/717] memstick: fix a double-free bug in memstick_check

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> From: Qinglang Miao <miaoqinglang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit e3e9ced5c93803d5b2ea1942c4bf0192622531d6 ]
> 
> kfree(host->card) has been called in put_device so that
> another kfree would raise cause a double-free bug.

> +++ b/drivers/memstick/core/memstick.c
> @@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ static void memstick_check(struct work_struct *work)
>  			host->card = card;
>  			if (device_register(&card->dev)) {
>  				put_device(&card->dev);
> -				kfree(host->card);
>  				host->card = NULL;
>  			}

Does the host->card = NULL need to be removed, too (and following code
refactored)? put_device() needs that pointer to be able to free it and
it can do so asynchronously.

This will cause crashes; they should be easy to reproduce with
CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE due to delay in kobject_release() AFAICT.

Best regards,								Pavel

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