(re@) FIX: malloc(9)/free(9) confusion bug in netgraph

Robert Watson rwatson at freebsd.org
Thu May 15 11:12:56 PDT 2003


Approved.



Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Projects
robert at fledge.watson.org      Network Associates Laboratories

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Julian Elischer wrote:

> I found it..
> it's a wrong malloc type on a FREE()
> it only happens in shutting down the node in some cases so you shouldn't
> see it much.
> 
> But here's the fix: (excuse cut'n'paste)
> 
> 
> re@, can I commit this fix?
> 
> Index: ng_bridge.c
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/netgraph/ng_bridge.c,v
> retrieving revision 1.18
> diff -u -r1.18 ng_bridge.c
> --- ng_bridge.c 19 Feb 2003 05:47:31 -0000      1.18
> +++ ng_bridge.c 15 May 2003 18:03:55 -0000
> @@ -987,7 +987,7 @@
>         /* If node was shut down, this is the final lingering timeout */
>         s = splnet();
>         if (NG_NODE_NOT_VALID(node)) {
> -               FREE(priv, M_NETGRAPH);
> +               FREE(priv, M_NETGRAPH_BRIDGE);
>                 NG_NODE_SET_PRIVATE(node, NULL);
>                 NG_NODE_UNREF(node);
>                 splx(s);
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 15 May 2003, Martin Blapp wrote:
> 
> > 
> > This just happened after I exited from X and did a soft reboot.
> > Yes, vmware3 is installed with ng_bridgeing actived.
> > 
> > Probably freeing with wrong type, but maybe not here
> > 
> > panic()
> > free()
> > ng_bridge_timeout()
> > softclock()
> > ithread_loop()
> > fork_exit()
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> > Martin Blapp, <mb at imp.ch> <mbr at FreeBSD.org>
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