[Cbe-oss-dev] [PATCH 1/2] ps3fb: prevent use after free of fb_info
Jeremy Kerr
jk at ozlabs.org
Thu Jan 10 18:47:52 EST 2008
In ps3fb_shutdown, freeing the framebuffer will cause fb_info (in
dev->core.driver_data) to be free()ed, which we potentially access
from the ps3fbd kthread.
This change frees the framebuffer after stopping the ps3fbd kthread.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jk at ozlabs.org>
---
drivers/video/ps3fb.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
index b312890..ae07e02 100644
--- a/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/ps3fb.c
@@ -1234,12 +1234,6 @@ static int ps3fb_shutdown(struct ps3_system_bus_device *dev)
ps3fb_flip_ctl(0, &ps3fb); /* flip off */
ps3fb.dinfo->irq.mask = 0;
- if (info) {
- unregister_framebuffer(info);
- fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
- framebuffer_release(info);
- }
-
ps3av_register_flip_ctl(NULL, NULL);
if (ps3fb.task) {
struct task_struct *task = ps3fb.task;
@@ -1250,6 +1244,12 @@ static int ps3fb_shutdown(struct ps3_system_bus_device *dev)
free_irq(ps3fb.irq_no, &dev->core);
ps3_irq_plug_destroy(ps3fb.irq_no);
}
+ if (info) {
+ unregister_framebuffer(info);
+ fb_dealloc_cmap(&info->cmap);
+ framebuffer_release(info);
+ info = dev->core.driver_data = NULL;
+ }
iounmap((u8 __iomem *)ps3fb.dinfo);
status = lv1_gpu_context_free(ps3fb.context_handle);
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