Re: [PATCH] cdc-wdm: fix race leading leading to memory corruption

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On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 09:59:10PM +0200, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> >From dc42dd075c72ccc499f7ac54bd4fc807fb1cfbc2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:52:06 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] cdc-wdm: fix race leading leading to memory corruption
> 
> This patch fixes a race whereby a pointer to a buffer
> would be overwritten while the buffer was in use leading
> to a double free and a memory leak. This causes crashes.
> This bug was introduced in 2.6.34
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxx>
> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> 
> This is pretty serious and should go in before the next release.

Thanks, I'll queue it up and get it to Linus as soon as possible.

greg k-h
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