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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c | 16 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c index 59aa7a3694c..36e617bd13c 100644 --- a/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c +++ b/drivers/media/video/soc_camera.c @@ -1160,13 +1160,15 @@ void soc_camera_host_unregister(struct soc_camera_host *ici) if (icd->iface == ici->nr) { /* The bus->remove will be called */ device_unregister(&icd->dev); - /* Not before device_unregister(), .remove - * needs parent to call ici->ops->remove() */ - icd->dev.parent = NULL; - - /* If the host module is loaded again, device_register() - * would complain "already initialised" */ - memset(&icd->dev.kobj, 0, sizeof(icd->dev.kobj)); + /* + * Not before device_unregister(), .remove + * needs parent to call ici->ops->remove(). + * If the host module is loaded again, device_register() + * would complain "already initialised," since 2.6.32 + * this is also needed to prevent use-after-free of the + * device private data. + */ + memset(&icd->dev, 0, sizeof(icd->dev)); } } |