Re: [v2] powerpc/prom: Avoid reference to potentially freed memory

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Wed Oct 21 2015 - 07:41:52 EST


On Fri, 2015-16-10 at 21:38:45 UTC, Christophe Jaillet wrote:
> of_get_property() is used inside the loop, but then the reference to the
> node is dropped before dereferencing the prop pointer, which could by then
> point to junk if the node has been freed.
>
> Instead use of_property_read_u32() to actually read the property
> value before dropping the reference.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/1856f50c66dff0afb4a6a3e2

cheers
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