Re: [PATCH 2/5] MEDIA: ttusbir, fix double free

From: Sean Young
Date: Tue Apr 09 2013 - 06:37:00 EST


On Thu, Apr 04, 2013 at 10:32:09PM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> rc_unregister_device already calls rc_free_device to free the passed
> device. But in one of ttusbir's probe fail paths, we call
> rc_unregister_device _and_ rc_free_device. This is wrong and results
> in a double free.
>
> Instead, set rc to NULL resulting in rc_free_device being a noop.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-media@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c b/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c
> index cf0d47f..891762d 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/rc/ttusbir.c
> @@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ static int ttusbir_probe(struct usb_interface *intf,
> return 0;
> out3:
> rc_unregister_device(rc);
> + rc = NULL;
> out2:
> led_classdev_unregister(&tt->led);
> out:
> --

Acked-by: Sean Young <sean@xxxxxxxx>


Sean
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