From 4b2e97b1409adc49bc6db169f8066d01e79ac4fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yangerkun Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 21:40:48 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] slip: stop double free sl->dev in slip_open After include 3b5a39979daf ("slip: Fix memory leak in slip_open error path") and e58c19124189 ("slip: Fix use-after-free Read in slip_open") with 4.4.y/4.9.y. We will trigger a bug since we can double free sl->dev in slip_open. Actually, we should backport cf124db566e6 ("net: Fix inconsistent teardown and release of private netdev state.") too since it has delete free_netdev from sl_free_netdev. Fix it by delete free_netdev from slip_open. Signed-off-by: yangerkun Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/net/slip/slip.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c index 0f8d5609ed51..d4a33baa33b6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/slip/slip.c +++ b/drivers/net/slip/slip.c @@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ err_free_chan: tty->disc_data = NULL; clear_bit(SLF_INUSE, &sl->flags); sl_free_netdev(sl->dev); - free_netdev(sl->dev); err_exit: rtnl_unlock();