Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers: net: remove a dangling pointer in peak_usb_create_dev

From: Pavel Skripkin <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:36:45 +0300

Hi Dongliang,

On 1/21/22 08:58, Dongliang Mu wrote:
[...]>> BTW, as you mentioned, dev->next_siblings is used in struct
>> peak_usb_adapter::dev_free() (i.e., pcan_usb_fd_free or
>> pcan_usb_pro_free), how about the following path?
>>
>> peak_usb_probe
>> -> peak_usb_create_dev (goto adap_dev_free;)
>>    -> dev->adapter->dev_free()
>>       -> pcan_usb_fd_free or pcan_usb_pro_free (This function uses
>> next_siblings as condition elements)
>>
>> static void pcan_usb_fd_free(struct peak_usb_device *dev)
>> {
>>         /* last device: can free shared objects now */
>>         if (!dev->prev_siblings && !dev->next_siblings) {
>>                 struct pcan_usb_fd_device *pdev =
>>                         container_of(dev, struct pcan_usb_fd_device, dev);
>>
>>                 /* free commands buffer */
>>                 kfree(pdev->cmd_buffer_addr);
>>
>>                 /* free usb interface object */
>>                 kfree(pdev->usb_if);
>>         }
>> }
>>
>> If next_siblings is not NULL, will it lead to the missing free of
>> cmd_buffer_addr and usb_if?
> 
> The answer is No. Forget my silly thought.
> 

Yeah, it seems like (at least based on code), that this dangling pointer 
is not dangerous, since nothing accesses it. And next_siblings 
_guaranteed_ to be NULL, since dev->next_siblings is set NULL in 
disconnect()

With regards,
Pavel Skripkin