[PATCH 2/2 v2] mtd: ubi: use put_device() if device_register fail

From: Arvind Yadav
Date: Thu Mar 15 2018 - 03:21:52 EST


if device_register() returned an error! Always use put_device()
to give up the reference initialized.

Signed-off-by: Arvind Yadav <arvind.yadav.cs@xxxxxxxxx>
---
change in v2:
Fix use-after-free bug. move put_device() after cdev_del().

drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
index 3fd8d7f..93c6163 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/vmt.c
@@ -610,6 +610,7 @@ int ubi_add_volume(struct ubi_device *ubi, struct ubi_volume *vol)

out_cdev:
cdev_del(&vol->cdev);
+ put_device(&vol->dev);
return err;
}

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1.9.1