linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] RTC: fix double free in rtc_register

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Date:	Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:32:59 +0200
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
Cc:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] RTC: fix double free in rtc_register_device() error
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On 20/07/2015 at 16:02:49 -0700, Dmitry Torokhov wrote :
> Commit 59cca865f21e9e7beab73fcf79ba4eb776a4c228 correctly noted that naked
> kfree() should not be used after failed device_register() call, however,
> while it added the needed put_device() it forgot to remove the original
> kfree() causing double-free.
> 
> Cc: Vasiliy Kulikov <segooon@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/rtc/class.c | 6 ++----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Applied after fixing the commit description in the commit log, thanks.


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