Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] rsi: fix a double free bug in rsi_91x_deinit() | From | Kalle Valo <> | Date | Tue, 3 Sep 2019 13:55:21 +0000 (UTC) |
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Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com> wrote:
> `dev` (struct rsi_91x_usbdev *) field of adapter > (struct rsi_91x_usbdev *) is allocated and initialized in > `rsi_init_usb_interface`. If any error is detected in information > read from the device side, `rsi_init_usb_interface` will be > freed. However, in the higher level error handling code in > `rsi_probe`, if error is detected, `rsi_91x_deinit` is called > again, in which `dev` will be freed again, resulting double free. > > This patch fixes the double free by removing the free operation on > `dev` in `rsi_init_usb_interface`, because `rsi_91x_deinit` is also > used in `rsi_disconnect`, in that code path, the `dev` field is not > (and thus needs to be) freed. > > This bug was found in v4.19, but is also present in the latest version > of kernel. Fixes CVE-2019-15504. > > Reported-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com> > Reported-by: Mathias Payer <mathias.payer@nebelwelt.net> > Signed-off-by: Hui Peng <benquike@gmail.com> > Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.
8b51dc729147 rsi: fix a double free bug in rsi_91x_deinit()
-- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11102087/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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