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vhost: fix double free on device stop

Message ID 20110621171044.GA16869@redhat.com
State New
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Commit Message

Michael S. Tsirkin June 21, 2011, 5:10 p.m. UTC
vhost dev stop failed to clear the log field.
Typically not an issue as dev start overwrites this field,
but if logging gets disabled before the following start,
it doesn't so this causes a double free.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
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 hw/vhost.c |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Comments

Michael S. Tsirkin June 21, 2011, 5:40 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 08:10:44PM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> vhost dev stop failed to clear the log field.
> Typically not an issue as dev start overwrites this field,
> but if logging gets disabled before the following start,
> it doesn't so this causes a double free.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>

Um, this fixed double free but added another one.
Not sure why did it work for me :(
Sent a fixed v2

> ---
>  hw/vhost.c |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/vhost.c b/hw/vhost.c
> index 80f771e..1fbf2e5 100644
> --- a/hw/vhost.c
> +++ b/hw/vhost.c
> @@ -784,5 +784,9 @@ void vhost_dev_stop(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
>  
>      hdev->started = false;
>      qemu_free(hdev->log);
> +    if (hdev->log) {
> +        qemu_free(hdev->log);
> +    }
> +    hdev->log = NULL;
>      hdev->log_size = 0;
>  }
> -- 
> 1.7.5.53.gc233e
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diff --git a/hw/vhost.c b/hw/vhost.c
index 80f771e..1fbf2e5 100644
--- a/hw/vhost.c
+++ b/hw/vhost.c
@@ -784,5 +784,9 @@  void vhost_dev_stop(struct vhost_dev *hdev, VirtIODevice *vdev)
 
     hdev->started = false;
     qemu_free(hdev->log);
+    if (hdev->log) {
+        qemu_free(hdev->log);
+    }
+    hdev->log = NULL;
     hdev->log_size = 0;
 }