From: Ming Lei Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:33:28 +0000 (+0800) Subject: wireless: ath9k-htc: fix possible use after free X-Git-Url: https://git.stricted.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e962610f8100e1b52973f5a9c855cbc3d1ba04ec;p=GitHub%2FLineageOS%2FG12%2Fandroid_kernel_amlogic_linux-4.9.git wireless: ath9k-htc: fix possible use after free Inside ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail(), the instance of 'struct struct hif_device_usb' may be freed by ath9k_hif_usb_disconnect() after complete(&hif_dev->fw_done); But 'hif_dev' is still accessed after the line code above is executed. This patch fixes the issue by not accessing 'hif_dev' after 'complete(&hif_dev->fw_done)' inside ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail(). Cc: ath9k-devel@lists.ath9k.org Cc: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Cc: Jouni Malinen Cc: Vasanthakumar Thiagarajan Cc: Senthil Balasubramanian Cc: "John W. Linville" Signed-off-by: Ming Lei Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c index ee6e50aebf8d..924c4616c3d9 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/hif_usb.c @@ -1072,14 +1072,15 @@ static void ath9k_hif_usb_dev_deinit(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev) */ static void ath9k_hif_usb_firmware_fail(struct hif_device_usb *hif_dev) { - struct device *parent = hif_dev->udev->dev.parent; + struct device *dev = &hif_dev->udev->dev; + struct device *parent = dev->parent; complete(&hif_dev->fw_done); if (parent) device_lock(parent); - device_release_driver(&hif_dev->udev->dev); + device_release_driver(dev); if (parent) device_unlock(parent);