[ldv-project] [PATCH] can: ems_usb: fix a leak in ems_usb_start_xmit()

Oliver Hartkopp socketcan at hartkopp.net
Sat Dec 7 02:28:12 MSK 2013





Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov at ispras.ru> schrieb:
>There is spare code with obvious misprint in ems_usb_start_xmit():
>usb_free_urb() should be used to deallocate urb instead of
>usb_unanchor_urb().
>
>Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
>Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov at ispras.ru>
>---
> drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
>b/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
>index 5f9a7ad9b964..beae1ec255f4 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/can/usb/ems_usb.c
>@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t ems_usb_start_xmit(struct
>sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ne
> 	 * allowed (MAX_TX_URBS).
> 	 */
> 	if (!context) {
>-		usb_unanchor_urb(urb);
>+		usb_free_urb(urb);
> 		usb_free_coherent(dev->udev, size, buf, urb->transfer_dma);
> 

looks like you are introducing a new use after free problem here ...

> 		netdev_warn(netdev, "couldn't find free context\n");

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