On (Fri) 19 Jul 2013 [13:11:54], Jason Wang wrote: > On 07/19/2013 01:02 PM, Amit Shah wrote: > > On (Fri) 19 Jul 2013 [11:21:47], Jason Wang wrote: > >> On 07/19/2013 04:16 AM, Amit Shah wrote: > > > >>> diff --git a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > >>> index b04ec95..6bf0df3 100644 > >>> --- a/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > >>> +++ b/drivers/char/virtio_console.c > >>> @@ -1501,14 +1501,6 @@ static void remove_port(struct kref *kref) > >>> > >>> port = container_of(kref, struct port, kref); > >>> > >>> - sysfs_remove_group(&port->dev->kobj, &port_attribute_group); > >>> - device_destroy(pdrvdata.class, port->dev->devt); > >>> - cdev_del(port->cdev); > >>> - > >>> - kfree(port->name); > >>> - > >>> - debugfs_remove(port->debugfs_file); > >>> - > >>> kfree(port); > >>> } > >>> > >>> @@ -1566,6 +1558,14 @@ static void unplug_port(struct port *port) > >>> */ > >>> port->portdev = NULL; > >>> > >>> + sysfs_remove_group(&port->dev->kobj, &port_attribute_group); > >>> + device_destroy(pdrvdata.class, port->dev->devt); > >>> + cdev_del(port->cdev); > >>> + > >>> + kfree(port->name); > >>> + > >>> + debugfs_remove(port->debugfs_file); > >>> + > >>> /* > >>> * Locks around here are not necessary - a port can't be > >>> * opened after we removed the port struct from ports_list > >> Should we remove debugfs file before kfree()? Otherwise looks like a > >> use-after-free if user access debugfs after kfree(). > > It is removed before kfree() -- kfree() is called in remove_port(), > > which is called when all the references are dropped. (Did you confuse > > kfree(port->name) with kfree(port)?) > > Nope. Looks like port->name were accessed in debugfs_read()? Ah, got it. Since this bug existed before this patch as well, I'll post an additional patch on top of this. Thanks! Amit -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html