Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: remove a dangling pointer in peak_usb_create_dev

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Hi Dongliang,

On 1/20/22 16:05, Dongliang Mu wrote:
From: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx>

The error handling code of peak_usb_create_dev forgets to reset the
next_siblings of previous entry.

Fix this by nullifying the (dev->prev_siblings)->next_siblings in the
error handling code.

Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@xxxxxxxxx>
---
  drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c | 3 +++
  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
index b850ff8fe4bd..f858810221b6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/peak_usb/pcan_usb_core.c
@@ -894,6 +894,9 @@ static int peak_usb_create_dev(const struct peak_usb_adapter *peak_usb_adapter,
  		dev->adapter->dev_free(dev);
lbl_unregister_candev:
+	/* remove the dangling pointer in next_siblings */
+	if (dev->prev_siblings)
+		(dev->prev_siblings)->next_siblings = NULL;
  	unregister_candev(netdev);
lbl_restore_intf_data:


Is this pointer used somewhere? I see, that couple of
struct peak_usb_adapter::dev_free() functions use it, but
peak_usb_disconnect() sets dev->next_siblings to NULL before calling ->dev_free().

Do you have a calltrace or oops log?




With regards,
Pavel Skripkin



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