On 02/24/2015 10:29 AM, Devin Heitmueller wrote: > This patch addresses a regression introduced in the following patch: > > commit 5264a522a597032c009f9143686ebf0fa4e244fb > Author: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon Sep 22 21:30:46 2014 -0300 > [media] media: tuner xc5000 - release firmwware from xc5000_release() > > The "priv" struct is actually reference counted, so the xc5000_release() > function gets called multiple times for hybrid devices. Because > release_firmware() was always being called, it would work fine as expected > on the first call but then the second call would corrupt aribtrary memory. > > Set the pointer to NULL after releasing so that we don't call > release_firmware() twice. > > This problem was detected in the HVR-950q where plugging/unplugging the > device multiple times would intermittently show panics in completely > unrelated areas of the kernel. Thanks for finding and fixing the problem. > > Signed-off-by: Devin Heitmueller <dheitmueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c b/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c > index 40f9db6..74b2092 100644 > --- a/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c > +++ b/drivers/media/tuners/xc5000.c > @@ -1314,7 +1314,10 @@ static int xc5000_release(struct dvb_frontend *fe) > > if (priv) { > cancel_delayed_work(&priv->timer_sleep); > - release_firmware(priv->firmware); I would request you to add a comment here indicating the hybrid case scenario to avoid any future cleanup type work deciding there is no need to set priv->firmware to null since priv gets released in hybrid_tuner_release_state(priv); > + if (priv->firmware) { > + release_firmware(priv->firmware); > + priv->firmware = NULL; > + } > hybrid_tuner_release_state(priv); > } > > Adding Mauro as will to the thread. This should go into stable as well. thanks, -- Shuah -- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Open Source Innovation Group Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | (970) 217-8978 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-media" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html