linux-kernel - [PATCH] cdc-acm: don't unlock acm->mutex on error path

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:23:40 +0400
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	Andrei Popa <andrei.popa@...eo.ro>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, gregkh@...e.de
Subject: [PATCH] cdc-acm: don't unlock acm->mutex on error path

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 03:52:36PM +0300, Andrei Popa wrote:
> I installed gnokii-0.6.22-r2 and gave the command "gnokii --identify"
> and the kernel oopsed:
> 
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000458
> IP: [<c0444b52>] mutex_unlock+0x0/0xb
>  [<c03830ae>] acm_tty_open+0x4c/0x214

Try this:

[PATCH] cdc-acm: don't unlock acm->mutex on error path

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -595,8 +595,8 @@ static int acm_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	tasklet_schedule(&acm->urb_task);
 
 done:
-err_out:
 	mutex_unlock(&acm->mutex);
+err_out:
 	mutex_unlock(&open_mutex);
 	return rv;
 

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