Re: [CHECKER] free bugs in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8

Justin Carlson (carlson@sibyte.com)
Thu, 24 May 2001 15:55:32 -0700


> > /u2/engler/mc/oses/linux/2.4.4-ac8/drivers/char/rio/rio_linux.c:1036:rio_init_datastructures: ERROR:FREE:1031:1036: WARN: Use-after-free of "RIOHosts"! set by 'kfree':1031
> > kfree (p->RIOPortp[i]);
> > rio_dprintk (RIO_DEBUG_INIT, "Not enough memory! %p %p %p %p %p\n",
> > Error --->
> > p, p->RIOHosts, p->RIOPortp, rio_termios, rio_termios);
>
> Not a bug - you need to teach your code that printf has formats that print the
> value of a pointer not dereference it
>

Take another look. p is potentially bogus here, meaning those p->RIOHosts and
p->RIOPortp references are bad.

-Justin
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