imx_bbu_external_nand_update() does: image = memdup(data->image, data->len); ... for (...) { ... image += now; ... } ... free(image) So it's not the original pointer that is passed to free. This results in a hang. Instead use an offset variable and keep image constant. Fixes: 93b564d9acc7 ("ARM: i.MX bbu-external-nand: Do not modify image") Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm/mach-imx/imx-bbu-external-nand.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx-bbu-external-nand.c b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx-bbu-external-nand.c index 4d3493f9e1e0..40dbaabdc7fa 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx-bbu-external-nand.c +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx-bbu-external-nand.c @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static int imx_bbu_external_nand_update(struct bbu_handler *handler, struct bbu_ int size_available, size_need; int ret; uint32_t num_bb = 0, bbt = 0; - loff_t nand_offset = 0; + loff_t nand_offset = 0, image_offset = 0; int block = 0, len, now, blocksize; void *image = NULL; @@ -157,12 +157,12 @@ static int imx_bbu_external_nand_update(struct bbu_handler *handler, struct bbu_ if (ret) goto out; - ret = write(fd, image, now); + ret = write(fd, image + image_offset, now); if (ret < 0) goto out; len -= now; - image += now; + image_offset += now; nand_offset += now; } -- 2.36.1