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[PATCH] Fix use after free access in at76_disconnect

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The memory pointed to by priv is freed at the end of at76_delete_device
function (using ieee80211_free_hw). But the code then accesses the udev
field of the freed object to put the USB device. This may also lead to a
memory leak of the usb device. Fix this by using udev from interface.

Fixes: 29e20aa6c6af ("at76c50x-usb: fix use after free on failure path in at76_probe()")
Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <abdun.nihaal@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
index 504e05ea30f2..97ea7ab0f491 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/atmel/at76c50x-usb.c
@@ -2552,7 +2552,7 @@ static void at76_disconnect(struct usb_interface *interface)
 
 	wiphy_info(priv->hw->wiphy, "disconnecting\n");
 	at76_delete_device(priv);
-	usb_put_dev(priv->udev);
+	usb_put_dev(interface_to_usbdev(interface));
 	dev_info(&interface->dev, "disconnected\n");
 }
 
-- 
2.47.2





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