video: fbdev: udlfb: Fix use after free on dlfb_usb_probe error path

If dlfb_usb_probe drops to error path then there is only one
kref_init() call and no kref_get(), so second kref_put() leads to
use after free.

The patch removes superfluous kref_put on dlfb_usb_probe error path.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Anton Vasilyev <redacted>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
index 05ef657..f71b49f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/udlfb.c

@@ -1655,7 +1655,6 @@ static int dlfb_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 error:
 	if (dev) {
 
-		kref_put(&dev->kref, dlfb_free); /* ref for framebuffer */
 		kref_put(&dev->kref, dlfb_free); /* last ref from kref_init */
 
 		/* dev has been deallocated. Do not dereference */

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2.7.4

On Friday, August 11, 2017 03:59:01 PM Anton Vasilyev wrote:

If dlfb_usb_probe drops to error path then there is only one
kref_init() call and no kref_get(), so second kref_put() leads to
use after free.

The patch removes superfluous kref_put on dlfb_usb_probe error path.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Anton Vasilyev <redacted>

Patch queued for 4.14, thanks.

Best regards,
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics