linux-kernel - [patch] dereferencing freed in saa5249.c

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Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:00:31 +0300 (EAT)
From:	Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] dereferencing freed in saa5249.c

I moved the kfree() down a couple lines.  t->vdev is going to be in freed 
memory so there is no point setting it to NULL.  I added a kfree(t) on a 
different error path.

regards,
dan carpenter

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>

--- orig/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c	2009-04-09 23:54:15.000000000 +0300
+++ devel/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c	2009-04-09 23:59:16.000000000 +0300
@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@
 	/* Now create a video4linux device */
 	t->vdev = video_device_alloc();
 	if (t->vdev == NULL) {
+		kfree(t);
 		kfree(client);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
@@ -617,9 +618,8 @@
 	/* Register it */
 	err = video_register_device(t->vdev, VFL_TYPE_VTX, -1);
 	if (err < 0) {
-		kfree(t);
 		video_device_release(t->vdev);
-		t->vdev = NULL;
+		kfree(t);
 		return err;
 	}
 	return 0;
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