linux-kernel - [PATCH] mmc: block: fix free of uninitialized 'idata->buf'

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Date:	Fri, 8 Jul 2016 18:27:02 +0300
From:	Ville Viinikka <ville@...era.com>
To:	<ulf.hansson@...aro.org>, <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Ville Viinikka <ville@...era.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mmc: block: fix free of uninitialized 'idata->buf'

Set 'idata->buf' to NULL so that it never gets returned without
initialization. This fixes a bug where mmc_blk_ioctl_cmd() would
free both 'idata' and 'idata->buf' but 'idata->buf' was returned
uninitialized.

Fixes: 1ff8950c0433 ("mmc: block: change to use kmalloc when copy data from userspace")
Signed-off-by: Ville Viinikka <ville@...era.com>
---
 drivers/mmc/card/block.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
index 747c4b0..334d637 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/card/block.c
@@ -355,8 +355,10 @@ static struct mmc_blk_ioc_data *mmc_blk_ioctl_copy_from_user(
 		goto idata_err;
 	}
 
-	if (!idata->buf_bytes)
+	if (!idata->buf_bytes) {
+		idata->buf = NULL;
 		return idata;
+	}
 
 	idata->buf = kmalloc(idata->buf_bytes, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!idata->buf) {
-- 
2.1.4