pti: double-free security PTI fix
This patch fixes a double-free error that will not always be
seen unless /dev/pti char interface is stressed.
Signed-off-by: J Freyensee <james_p_freyensee@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/drivers/misc/pti.c b/drivers/misc/pti.c
index bb6f925..be48573 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/pti.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/pti.c
@@ -317,7 +317,8 @@
* a master, channel ID address
* used to write to PTI HW.
*
- * @mc: master, channel apeture ID address to be released.
+ * @mc: master, channel apeture ID address to be released. This
+ * will de-allocate the structure via kfree().
*/
void pti_release_masterchannel(struct pti_masterchannel *mc)
{
@@ -581,7 +582,7 @@
static int pti_char_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
{
pti_release_masterchannel(filp->private_data);
- kfree(filp->private_data);
+ filp->private_data = NULL;
return 0;
}