Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] qdev: Fix use after free in qdev_init_nofail error path

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 02/08/2016 06:00, John Snow wrote:
> 
> 
> On 08/01/2016 11:41 PM, Fam Zheng wrote:
>> Since 69382d8b (qdev: Fix object reference leak in case device.realize()
>> fails), object_property_set_bool could release the object. The error
>> path wants the type name, so hold an reference before realizing it.
>>
>> Cc: Igor Mammedov <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Fam Zheng <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>  hw/core/qdev.c | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/core/qdev.c b/hw/core/qdev.c
>> index ee4a083..5783442 100644
>> --- a/hw/core/qdev.c
>> +++ b/hw/core/qdev.c
>> @@ -354,12 +354,14 @@ void qdev_init_nofail(DeviceState *dev)
>>
>>      assert(!dev->realized);
>>
>> +    object_ref(OBJECT(dev));
>>      object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(dev), true, "realized", &err);
>>      if (err) {
>>          error_reportf_err(err, "Initialization of device %s failed: ",
>>                            object_get_typename(OBJECT(dev)));
>>          exit(1);
>>      }
>> +    object_unref(OBJECT(dev));
>>  }
>>
>>  void qdev_machine_creation_done(void)
>>
> 
> Thanks :)
> 
> (For the list: this fixes qcow2 iotest 051. This is for-2.7.)
> 
> Reviewed-by: John Snow <address@hidden>

Queued, thanks.

Paolo