Re: [PATCH] misc: hpilo: Fix use-after-free in ilo_open

From: Greg KH
Date: Sat Dec 31 2022 - 04:58:52 EST


On Sat, Dec 31, 2022 at 02:53:10PM +0900, Yoochan Lee wrote:
> --- a/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> +++ b/drivers/misc/hpilo.h
> @@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct ilo_hwinfo {
> spinlock_t fifo_lock;
>
> struct cdev cdev;
> + struct kref refcnt;

This is obviously incorrect, please never have 2 reference counts for
the same structure.

greg k-h