[PATCH] 2.4.13pre3aa1: expand_fdset() may use invalid pointer

[Chip Salzenberg <chip@pobox.com>]

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In 2.4.13pre3aa1, expand_fdset() in fs/file.c has a couple of
execution paths that call kfree() on a pointer that hasn't yet been
initialized.  A minimal patch is attached.
-- 
Chip Salzenberg               - a.k.a. -              <chip@pobox.com>
 "We have no fuel on board, plus or minus 8 kilograms."  -- NEAR tech

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Index: linux/fs/file.c
--- linux/fs/file.c.old	Tue Oct 16 23:28:16 2001
+++ linux/fs/file.c	Wed Oct 17 00:29:43 2001
@@ -203,5 +203,5 @@
 	fd_set *new_openset = 0, *new_execset = 0;
 	int error, nfds = 0;
-	struct rcu_fd_set *arg;
+	struct rcu_fd_set *arg = NULL;
 
 	error = -EMFILE;