3.6-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Ian Abbott <abbo...@mev.co.uk>
commit c8cad4c89ee3b15935c532210ae6ebb5c0a2734d upstream.
When `do_cmd_ioctl()` allocates memory for the kernel copy of a channel
list, it frees any previously allocated channel list in
`async->cmd.chanlist` and replaces it with the new one. However, if the
device is ever removed (or "detached") the cleanup code in
`cleanup_device()` in "drivers.c" does not free this memory so it is
lost.
A sensible place to free the kernel copy of the channel list is in
`do_become_nonbusy()` as at that point the comedi asynchronous command
associated with the channel list is no longer valid. Free the channel
list in `do_become_nonbusy()` instead of `do_cmd_ioctl()` and clear the
pointer to prevent it being freed more than once.
Note that `cleanup_device()` could be called at an inappropriate time
while the comedi device is open, but that's a separate bug not related
to this this patch.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbo...@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,6 @@ static int do_cmd_ioctl(struct comedi_de
goto cleanup;
}
- kfree(async->cmd.chanlist);
async->cmd = user_cmd;
async->cmd.data = NULL;
/* load channel/gain list */
@@ -2033,6 +2032,8 @@ void do_become_nonbusy(struct comedi_dev
if (async) {
comedi_reset_async_buf(async);
async->inttrig = NULL;
+ kfree(async->cmd.chanlist);
+ async->cmd.chanlist = NULL;
} else {
printk(KERN_ERR
"BUG: (?) do_become_nonbusy called with async=0\n");
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