netifd: Keep reference to a config copy in device type specific reload handler as the original config pointer might go stale

Fixes random observed crashes in blobmsg_parse when device type specific
config data is parsed.

Signed-off-by: Hans Dedecker <dedeckeh@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/vlandev.c b/vlandev.c
index 7b2038e..884e6ef 100644
--- a/vlandev.c
+++ b/vlandev.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ vlandev_free(struct device *dev)
 
 	mvdev = container_of(dev, struct vlandev_device, dev);
 	device_remove_user(&mvdev->parent);
+	free(mvdev->config_data);
 	free(mvdev);
 }
 
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ vlandev_reload(struct device *dev, struct blob_attr *attr)
 	struct vlandev_device *mvdev;
 
 	mvdev = container_of(dev, struct vlandev_device, dev);
+	attr = blob_memdup(attr);
 
 	blobmsg_parse(device_attr_list.params, __DEV_ATTR_MAX, tb_dev,
 		blob_data(attr), blob_len(attr));
@@ -214,6 +216,7 @@ vlandev_reload(struct device *dev, struct blob_attr *attr)
 		vlandev_config_init(dev);
 	}
 
+	free(mvdev->config_data);
 	mvdev->config_data = attr;
 	return ret;
 }