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module: fix refptr allocation and release order
authorMasami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:13:36 +0000 (18:13 -0400)
committerRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:01:21 +0000 (09:31 +1030)
commit6e2b75740bed35df98b8113300579e13ed2ce848
tree225f75f803450c728d546c755f7398b102f8cf3d
parentee568b25ee9e160b32d1aef73d8b2ee9c05d34db
module: fix refptr allocation and release order

Impact: fix ref-after-free crash on failed module load

Fix refptr bug: Change refptr allocation and release order not to access a module
data structure pointed by 'mod' after freeing mod->module_core.
This bug will cause kernel panic(e.g. failed to find undefined symbols).

This bug was reported on systemtap bugzilla.
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9927

Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@redhat.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
kernel/module.c