Re: [PATCH 1/3] USB: serial: fix potential use-after-free after failed probe

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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:34:50AM +0700, Johan Hovold wrote:
> Fix return value in probe error path, which could end up returning
> success (0) on errors. This could in turn lead to use-after-free or
> double free (e.g. in port_remove) when the port device is removed.
> 
> Fixes: c706ebdfc895 ("USB: usb-serial: call port_probe and port_remove
> at the right times")
> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>	# v2.6.31
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/serial/bus.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Nice job with all of these:

Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
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