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diff --git a/target/linux/brcm2708/patches-4.1/0173-vcsm-increment-res_stats-MAP_FAIL-stats-before-we-po.patch b/target/linux/brcm2708/patches-4.1/0173-vcsm-increment-res_stats-MAP_FAIL-stats-before-we-po.patch new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ee09ee4 --- /dev/null +++ b/target/linux/brcm2708/patches-4.1/0173-vcsm-increment-res_stats-MAP_FAIL-stats-before-we-po.patch @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +From d3735e837e3102dfee2d2429c8043c9f4c673383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 +From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> +Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 07:27:36 -0400 +Subject: [PATCH 173/203] vcsm: increment res_stats MAP_FAIL stats before we + potentially release the resource + +resource can be kfree'd when the reference count is zero, so we should +not bump the res_stats of the resource after the vmcs_sm_release_resource +call since the resource may have been kfree'd by this call. Instead, bump +the stats before we call vmcs_sm_release_resource to avoid a potential +NULL pointer derefernce. + +Bug found using cppcheck static analysis: + +[drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c:1373]: (error) Dereferencing + 'resource' after it is deallocated / released + +Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com> +--- + drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c | 2 +- + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) + +--- a/drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c ++++ b/drivers/char/broadcom/vc_sm/vmcs_sm.c +@@ -1368,8 +1368,8 @@ static int vc_sm_mmap(struct file *file, + return 0; + + error: +- vmcs_sm_release_resource(resource, 0); + resource->res_stats[MAP_FAIL]++; ++ vmcs_sm_release_resource(resource, 0); + return ret; + } + |