Re: [EXT] [PATCH] ethernet: atheros: fix a memleak in atl1e_setup_ring_resources

From: Jakub Kicinski
Date: Thu Dec 07 2023 - 12:42:25 EST


On Thu, 7 Dec 2023 17:08:15 +0000 Suman Ghosh wrote:
> >+ kfree(tx_ring->tx_buffer);
>
> [Suman] I think we should do tx_ring->tx_buffer = NULL also, to avoid use after free?

It's up to the driver. Some may call that defensive programming.