Re: [PATCH] HID: intel-ish-hid: ipc: Fix potential use-after-free in work function

From: Jiri Kosina
Date: Fri Mar 03 2023 - 09:07:01 EST


On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, Reka Norman wrote:

> When a reset notify IPC message is received, the ISR schedules a work
> function and passes the ISHTP device to it via a global pointer
> ishtp_dev. If ish_probe() fails, the devm-managed device resources
> including ishtp_dev are freed, but the work is not cancelled, causing a
> use-after-free when the work function tries to access ishtp_dev. Use
> devm_work_autocancel() instead, so that the work is automatically
> cancelled if probe fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Reka Norman <rekanorman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thank you.

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Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs