Adding kfree(dvb) to vidtv_bridge_remove() will remove the memory
too soon: if an application still has an open filehandle to the device
when the driver is unloaded, then when that filehandle is closed, a
use-after-free access takes place to the freed memory.
Move the kfree(dvb) to vidtv_bridge_dev_release() instead.
Signed-off-by: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@xs4all.nl>
Fixes: 76e21bb8be4f ("media: vidtv: Fix memory leak in remove")
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>
dvb_dmxdev_release(&dvb->dmx_dev);
dvb_dmx_release(&dvb->demux);
dvb_unregister_adapter(&dvb->adapter);
- kfree(dvb);
dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Successfully removed vidtv\n");
return 0;
static void vidtv_bridge_dev_release(struct device *dev)
{
+ struct vidtv_dvb *dvb;
+
+ dvb = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+ kfree(dvb);
}
static struct platform_device vidtv_bridge_dev = {