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SubjectRe: [PATCH] iio: buffer: fix use-after-free for attached_buffers array
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On 3/7/21 1:36 PM, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Mar 2021 18:47:10 +0200
> Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Lars for finding this.
>> The free of the 'attached_buffers' array should be done as late as
>> possible. This change moves it to iio_buffers_put(), which looks like
>> the best place for it, since it takes place right before the IIO device
>> data is free'd.
> It feels a bit wrong to do direct freeing of stuff in a _put() call
> given that kind of implies nothing will happen without some reference
> count dropping to 0. We could think about renaming the function to
> something like
>
> iio_buffers_put_and_free_array() but is a bit long winded.
>
> Otherwise, I'm fine with this but want to let it sit on list a tiny bit
> longer before I take it as it's not totally trivial unlike the previous
> one.

Maybe to go with naming schema of iio_device_attach_buffer() call this
function iio_device_detach_buffers(). We grab the reference in attach,
and drop it in detach.

- Lars

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