* Re: [Bug 8535] USB input death then system freeze [not found] <20070725222332.B84EF11C002@picon.linux-foundation.org> @ 2007-07-26 14:28 ` Alan Stern 2007-07-27 4:18 ` Tejun Heo 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: Alan Stern @ 2007-07-26 14:28 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Tejun Heo; +Cc: Kernel development list Tejun: Please take a look at comment #50 in Bugzilla 8535: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8535#c50 There have been several reports like this one recently of BUGs occurring in release_sysfs_dirent() during device unregistration. Obviously a use-after-free issue, probably caused by a refcounting error. Is there already a patch available to fix it? Thanks, Alan Stern ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: [Bug 8535] USB input death then system freeze 2007-07-26 14:28 ` [Bug 8535] USB input death then system freeze Alan Stern @ 2007-07-27 4:18 ` Tejun Heo 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Tejun Heo @ 2007-07-27 4:18 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alan Stern; +Cc: Kernel development list Alan Stern wrote: > Tejun: > > Please take a look at comment #50 in Bugzilla 8535: > > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8535#c50 > > There have been several reports like this one recently of BUGs > occurring in release_sysfs_dirent() during device unregistration. > Obviously a use-after-free issue, probably caused by a refcounting > error. > > Is there already a patch available to fix it? http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/556682/raw Does this patch fix the problem? -- tejun ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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