From: Daniel Scheller <d.scheller@xxxxxxx> Brought to attention by Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@xxxxxxxxxx> by fixing possible use-after-free faults in some demod drivers: In ddb_input_detach(), the i2c_client is unregistered and removed before dvb frontends are unregistered and detached. While no use-after-free issue was observed so far, there is another issue with this: dvb->attached keeps track of the state of the input/output registration, and the i2c_client unregistration takes place only if everything was successful (dvb->attached == 0x31). If for some reason an error occurred during the frontend setup, that value stays at 0x20. In the following error handling and cleanup, ddb_input_detach() will skip down to that state, leaving the i2c_client registered, causing refcount issues. Fix this by moving the i2c_client deregistration down to case 0x20. Cc: Matthias Schwarzott <zzam@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Daniel Scheller <d.scheller@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c index 2464bde1c432..281b6739b0c1 100644 --- a/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c +++ b/drivers/media/pci/ddbridge/ddbridge-core.c @@ -1255,11 +1255,6 @@ static void dvb_input_detach(struct ddb_input *input) switch (dvb->attached) { case 0x31: - client = dvb->i2c_client[0]; - if (client) { - module_put(client->dev.driver->owner); - i2c_unregister_device(client); - } if (dvb->fe2) dvb_unregister_frontend(dvb->fe2); if (dvb->fe) @@ -1273,6 +1268,12 @@ static void dvb_input_detach(struct ddb_input *input) dvb->fe = dvb->fe2 = NULL; /* fallthrough */ case 0x20: + client = dvb->i2c_client[0]; + if (client) { + module_put(client->dev.driver->owner); + i2c_unregister_device(client); + } + dvb_net_release(&dvb->dvbnet); /* fallthrough */ case 0x12: -- 2.13.0