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From: "Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com,
	alan.cox@linux.org, zab@zabbo.net
Subject: PATCH: linux-2.4.10-pre14/drivers/sound/maestro.c ignored pci_module_init results
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 23:02:37 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010922230237.A10872@baldur.yggdrasil.com> (raw)

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	The initialization routine in
linux-2.4.10-pre14/drivers/sound/maestro.c ignores the return value
from pci_module_init, and allows module initialization to succeed
even if pci_module_init failed.  pci_module_init fails and unloads
the driver if the caller is a module and there is no matching hardware.
Because maestro.c ignored this failure, loading maestro.o on a system
where the corresponding alsa driver was already loaded or on a system
without matchin hardware would result in a kernel null pointer dereference
in pci_unregister_driver when the module is unloaded or when one
attempts to reboot the system (i.e., when the module attempt to
unregister a PCI driver that is not registered).

	This bug is also present in drivers/net/tlan.c and
drivers/net/irda/toshoboe.c.  I will send patches for them shortly.

	Here is the patch for maestro.c.  Please apply.

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--- linux-2.4.10-pre14/drivers/sound/maestro.c	Sun Aug 12 10:51:42 2001
+++ linux/drivers/sound/maestro.c	Sat Sep 22 22:42:48 2001
@@ -3602,7 +3602,12 @@
 
 int __init init_maestro(void)
 {
-	pci_module_init(&maestro_pci_driver);
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = pci_module_init(&maestro_pci_driver);
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return rc;
+
 	if (register_reboot_notifier(&maestro_nb))
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "maestro: reboot notifier registration failed; may not reboot properly.\n");
 #ifdef MODULE

             reply	other threads:[~2001-09-23  6:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-09-23  6:02 Adam J. Richter [this message]
2001-09-23 16:24 ` Marcus Meissner
2001-09-23 21:21 Adam J. Richter

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