[patch v2] mfd: vexpress: fix error handling vexpress_syscfg_regmap_init()

Dan Carpenter
2014-06-11T10:17:57Z

This function should be returning an ERR_PTR() on failure instead of
NULL. Also there is a use after free bug if regmap_init() fails because
we free "func" and then dereference doing the return.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

diff --git a/drivers/misc/vexpress-syscfg.c b/drivers/misc/vexpress-syscfg.c
index 73068e5..3250fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/vexpress-syscfg.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/vexpress-syscfg.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static struct regmap *vexpress_syscfg_regmap_init(struct device *dev,
func = kzalloc(sizeof(*func) + sizeof(*func->template) * num,
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!func)
- return NULL;
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

func->syscfg = syscfg;
func->num_templates = num;
@@ -231,10 +231,14 @@ static struct regmap *vexpress_syscfg_regmap_init(struct device *dev,
func->regmap = regmap_init(dev, NULL, func,
&vexpress_syscfg_regmap_config);

- if (IS_ERR(func->regmap))
+ if (IS_ERR(func->regmap)) {
+ void *err = func->regmap;
+
kfree(func);
- else
- list_add(&func->list, &syscfg->funcs);
+ return err;
+ }
+
+ list_add(&func->list, &syscfg->funcs);

return func->regmap;
}