On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:45:30 +0200, Ma Ke wrote: > > we should not access any of its memory when we don't ensure possession of > a read/write lock. Otherwise we risk a use after free access, which allows > local users to cause a denial of service and obtain sensitive information > from kernel memory. This function is called always under card->controls_rwsem. So it should be OK as is. thanks, Takashi > > Signed-off-by: Ma Ke <make_ruc2021@xxxxxxx> > --- > sound/core/control.c | 3 ++- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/sound/core/control.c b/sound/core/control.c > index 59c8658966d4..98782cc68ee1 100644 > --- a/sound/core/control.c > +++ b/sound/core/control.c > @@ -590,7 +590,8 @@ static int __snd_ctl_remove(struct snd_card *card, > remove_hash_entries(card, kcontrol); > > card->controls_count -= kcontrol->count; > - for (idx = 0; idx < kcontrol->count; idx++) > + count = kcontrol->count; > + for (idx = 0; idx < count; idx++) > snd_ctl_notify_one(card, SNDRV_CTL_EVENT_MASK_REMOVE, kcontrol, idx); > snd_ctl_free_one(kcontrol); > return 0; > -- > 2.37.2 >