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ppdev: fix double-free of pp->pdev->name
free_pardevice() is called by parport_unregister_device() and already frees pp->pdev->name, don't try to do it again. This bug causes kernel crashes. I found and verified this with KASAN and some added pr_emerg()s: [ 60.316568] pp_release: pp->pdev->name == ffff88039cb264c0 [ 60.316692] free_pardevice: freeing par_dev->name at ffff88039cb264c0 [ 60.316706] pp_release: kfree(ffff88039cb264c0) [ 60.316714] ========================================================== [ 60.316722] BUG: Double free or freeing an invalid pointer [ 60.316731] Unexpected shadow byte: 0xFB [ 60.316801] Object at ffff88039cb264c0, in cache kmalloc-32 size: 32 [ 60.316813] Allocated: [ 60.316824] PID = 1695 [ 60.316869] Freed: [ 60.316880] PID = 1695 [ 60.316935] ========================================================== Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <[email protected]> Acked-by: Sudip Mukherjee <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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drivers/char/ppdev.c

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@@ -748,10 +748,7 @@ static int pp_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
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if (pp->pdev) {
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const char *name = pp->pdev->name;
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parport_unregister_device(pp->pdev);
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kfree(name);
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pp->pdev = NULL;
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pr_debug(CHRDEV "%x: unregistered pardevice\n", minor);
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}

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