Re: [patch] x86, microcode, AMD: use after free in free_cache()

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On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 03:30:42PM +0300, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> list_for_each_entry_reverse() dereferences the iterator, but we already
> freed it.

Wait a sec, we assign the iterator in each iteration of the loop, right?

And if so, I don't see a problem: we derefence a new element each time
and *then* free it...

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