linux-kernel - [patch] aoe: use after free in aoedev_by

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Date:	Fri, 7 Dec 2012 09:19:43 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	"Ed L. Cashin" <ecashin@...aid.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] aoe: use after free in aoedev_by_aoeaddr()

We should return NULL on failure instead of returning a freed pointer.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
index e66ccbf..98f2965 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ aoedev_by_aoeaddr(ulong maj, int min, int do_alloc)
 	d->targets = kcalloc(NTARGETS, sizeof(*d->targets), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!d->targets) {
 		kfree(d);
+		d = NULL;
 		goto out;
 	}
 	d->ntargets = NTARGETS;
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