Re: [patch] [media] em28xx: use after free in em28xx_v4l2_close()

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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 07:50:12AM -0300, Ezequiel Garcia wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > We need to move the unlock before the kfree(dev);
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Applies to linux-next.
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
> > index ecb23df..78d6ebd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
> > +++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
> > @@ -2264,9 +2264,9 @@ static int em28xx_v4l2_close(struct file *filp)
> >                 if (dev->state & DEV_DISCONNECTED) {
> >                         em28xx_release_resources(dev);
> 
> Why not unlocking here?

I don't see a reason to prefer one over the other.

regards,
dan carpenter

> 
> >                         kfree(dev->alt_max_pkt_size);
> > +                       mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> >                         kfree(dev);
> >                         kfree(fh);
> > -                       mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
> 
> Thanks,
> Ezequiel.
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