linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] dereferencing freed in saa5249.c

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Date:	Wed, 6 May 2009 17:31:05 -0300
From:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] dereferencing freed in saa5249.c

Em Wed, 06 May 2009 17:13:45 +0100
Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> escreveu:

> From: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
> 
> 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>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>

Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...hat.com>

> ---
> 
>  drivers/media/video/saa5249.c |    4 ++--
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c b/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
> index 48b27fe..271d6e9 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/video/saa5249.c
> @@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ static int saa5249_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	/* Now create a video4linux device */
>  	t->vdev = video_device_alloc();
>  	if (t->vdev == NULL) {
> +		kfree(t);
>  		kfree(client);
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
> @@ -617,9 +618,8 @@ static int saa5249_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
>  	/* 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;
> 


-- 

Cheers,
Mauro
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