Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] msmouse: Fix segfault caused by free the chr before chardev cleanup.

[Marc-André Lureau]

Hi

----- Original Message -----
> Segfault happens when leaving qemu with msmouse backend:
> 
>  #0  0x00007fa8526ac975 in raise () at /lib64/libc.so.6
>  #1  0x00007fa8526add8a in abort () at /lib64/libc.so.6
>  #2  0x0000558be78846ab in error_exit (err=16, msg=0x558be799da10 ...
>  #3  0x0000558be7884717 in qemu_mutex_destroy (mutex=0x558be93be750) at ...
>  #4  0x0000558be7549951 in qemu_chr_free_common (chr=0x558be93be750) at ...
>  #5  0x0000558be754999c in qemu_chr_free (chr=0x558be93be750) at ...
>  #6  0x0000558be7549a20 in qemu_chr_delete (chr=0x558be93be750) at ...
>  #7  0x0000558be754a8ef in qemu_chr_cleanup () at qemu-char.c:4643
>  #8  0x0000558be755843e in main (argc=5, argv=0x7ffe925d7118, ...
> 
> The chr was freed by msmouse close callback before chardev cleanup,
> Then qemu_mutex_destroy triggered raise().
> 
> Because freeing chr is handled by qemu_chr_free_common, Remove the free from
> msmouse_chr_close to avoid double free.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lin Ma <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Marc-André Lureau <address@hidden>

> ---
>  backends/msmouse.c | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/backends/msmouse.c b/backends/msmouse.c
> index aeb9055..7690c42 100644
> --- a/backends/msmouse.c
> +++ b/backends/msmouse.c
> @@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ static void msmouse_chr_close (struct CharDriverState
> *chr)
>  
>      qemu_input_handler_unregister(mouse->hs);
>      g_free(mouse);
> -    g_free(chr);
>  }

Ooch, chr_close is not supposed to free chr! There might be other cases where 
memory corruption could occur.
 
>  
>  static QemuInputHandler msmouse_handler = {
> --
> 2.9.2
> 
>