Re: [PATCH] cmd: gpt: Fix freeing gpt_pte in gpt_verify()

On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:23:30 -0500, Sam Protsenko wrote:

In case when either gpt_verify_headers() or gpt_verify_partitions() fails, the memory allocated for gpt_pte will be freed in those functions internally, but gpt_pte will still contain non-NULL dangling pointer. The attempt to free it in those cases in gpt_verify() leads to "use after free" error, which leads to a "Synchronous abort" exception.

This issue was found by running the next command on the device with incorrect partition table:

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Applied to u-boot/next, thanks!