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* [Patch] Dont call ac97_release_codec with NULL argument in
@ 2006-04-09 15:09 Eric Sesterhenn
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From: Eric Sesterhenn @ 2006-04-09 15:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-sound

hi,

this is a fix for coverity id #243. We only jump to err_codec
if ac97_alloc_codec() fails its malloc() in which case codec is NULL.
Since ac97_release_codec dereferences its argument we shouldnt call
it with a NULL argument.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de>

--- linux-2.6.17-rc1/sound/oss/es1371.c.orig	2006-04-09 17:03:22.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.17-rc1/sound/oss/es1371.c	2006-04-09 17:03:55.000000000 +0200
@@ -3040,8 +3040,8 @@ static int __devinit es1371_probe(struct
  err_irq:
 	release_region(s->io, ES1371_EXTENT);
  err_region:
- err_codec:
 	ac97_release_codec(s->codec);
+ err_codec:
 	kfree(s);
 	return res;
 }



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