Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Feb 2016 20:47:42 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH -next] gpio: Use kzalloc() to allocate struct gpio_device to fix crash | From | Linus Walleij <> |
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On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:22 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be> wrote:
> gpiochip_add_data() allocates the struct gpio_device using kmalloc(), > which doesn't zero the returned memory. > > Hence when calling dev_set_name(), it may try to free a bogus old name, > causing a crash:
Ooops got two patches to this independently and applied the other one, I tagged your name onto the Reported-by now. Thanks!
Yours, Linus Walleij
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