Re: weird use-after-free bug in module_put

From: Al Viro
Date: Fri Oct 19 2012 - 13:09:45 EST


On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 09:33:18AM -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote:

> We are now removing instance of character device corresponding to input
> device when input device disappears.
>
> Ah, I know... cdev is embedded in evdev, but lives longer.. I do want to
> keep cdev embedded as it allows me to easily get to evdev in
> evdev_open(), but I need to be able to add and then drop reference to
> evdev from cdev's ->release() method. This means I need to override it.
>
> Or I could have cdev separately allocated, but then I'd like to have a
> void pointer in "struct cdev" so I could get from it back to
> corresponding evdev.

Your real problem is that you have two kobjects embedded into the same
thing. It can work, but you need to make the secondary (one that does
*not* free in its ->release()) pin the primary. Sigh... Device model
sucks, film at 11...
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