From: John W. Linville Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 20:59:30 +0000 (-0500) Subject: [PATCH] e1000: zero-out pointers in e1000_free_desc_rings X-Git-Tag: v2.6.16.28-rc1~1833^2~22^2~7^2~21^2~5^2 X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6b27adb607282addcfe2707783dfcc28ba3a753b;p=karo-tx-linux.git [PATCH] e1000: zero-out pointers in e1000_free_desc_rings In e1000_free_desc_rings, zero-out pointers after the memory they point to is freed. The test rings are static and get re-used, and failures during subsequent test setups can cause e1000_free_desc_rings to get called with dirty pointers. Dirty pointers can cause oopses or crashes... Signed-off-by: John W. Linville --- diff --git a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c index 8584e9382c2c..8646914964e7 100644 --- a/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/e1000/e1000_ethtool.c @@ -960,13 +960,21 @@ e1000_free_desc_rings(struct e1000_adapter *adapter) } } - if(txdr->desc) + if(txdr->desc) { pci_free_consistent(pdev, txdr->size, txdr->desc, txdr->dma); - if(rxdr->desc) + txdr->desc = NULL; + } + if(rxdr->desc) { pci_free_consistent(pdev, rxdr->size, rxdr->desc, rxdr->dma); + rxdr->desc = NULL; + } kfree(txdr->buffer_info); + txdr->buffer_info = NULL; + kfree(rxdr->buffer_info); + rxdr->buffer_info = NULL; + return; }