[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 6/8] blockdev: Keep a copy of DriveInfo.serial

[Kevin Wolf]

Pointing to a QemuOpts element is surprising and can lead to subtle
use-after-free errors when the QemuOpts is freed after all options are
parsed.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <address@hidden>
---
 blockdev.c                | 5 ++++-
 include/sysemu/blockdev.h | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/blockdev.c b/blockdev.c
index d679174..acf1c32 100644
--- a/blockdev.c
+++ b/blockdev.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ static void drive_uninit(DriveInfo *dinfo)
     bdrv_delete(dinfo->bdrv);
     g_free(dinfo->id);
     QTAILQ_REMOVE(&drives, dinfo, next);
+    g_free(dinfo->serial);
     g_free(dinfo);
 }
 
@@ -566,7 +567,9 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, BlockInterfaceType 
block_default_type)
     dinfo->trans = translation;
     dinfo->opts = opts;
     dinfo->refcount = 1;
-    dinfo->serial = serial;
+    if (serial != NULL) {
+        dinfo->serial = g_strdup(serial);
+    }
     QTAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&drives, dinfo, next);
 
     bdrv_set_on_error(dinfo->bdrv, on_read_error, on_write_error);
diff --git a/include/sysemu/blockdev.h b/include/sysemu/blockdev.h
index 1fe5332..804ec88 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/blockdev.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/blockdev.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct DriveInfo {
     int media_cd;
     int cyls, heads, secs, trans;
     QemuOpts *opts;
-    const char *serial;
+    char *serial;
     QTAILQ_ENTRY(DriveInfo) next;
     int refcount;
 };
-- 
1.8.1.4