Re: [PATCH] USB: serial: Fix use after free in debug printk
From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Thu Oct 31 2024 - 05:36:07 EST
On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 10:07:42AM +0100, Johan Hovold wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 31, 2024 at 09:59:10AM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> > The dev_dbg() call dereferences "urb" but it was already freed on the
> > previous line. Move the debug output earlier in the function.
>
> Thanks for catching this, but please use a temporary variable for the
> struct device pointer instead of changing the flow.
>
Why? The output is the same either way and this way is cleaner code.
> Also make sure to include the driver name in the patch summary prefix
> (i.e. "USB: serial: io_edgeport: ..."):
Sure.
regards,
dan carpenter