Catching use-after-free easily in linux kernel.

From: Amit
Date: Mon Mar 10 2025 - 03:55:15 EST


Hi,

We can catch use-after-free easily if we do the following:

kfree(x);
(x) = NULL;

Now, if someone uses 'x' again then the kernel will crash and we will know where
the use-after-free is happening and then we can fix it.

Regards,
Amit