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* [patch] rtc: use after free in pcf50633_rtc_probe()
@ 2009-11-18  8:30 Dan Carpenter
  2009-11-18 10:06 ` [rtc-linux] " Alessandro Zummo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Dan Carpenter @ 2009-11-18  8:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: balajirrao; +Cc: rtc-linux, linux-kernel

"rtc" is freed and then dereferenced on the next line.  This patch fixes 
that.

This is a resend.  I have been offline for the last few months so I may 
have missed a reply or something.  Not sure what the status was.

regards,
dan carpenter

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>

--- orig/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf50633.c	2009-07-17 16:21:52.000000000 +0300
+++ new/drivers/rtc/rtc-pcf50633.c	2009-07-17 16:22:56.000000000 +0300
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@
 				&pcf50633_rtc_ops, THIS_MODULE);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev)) {
+		int ret =  PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
 		kfree(rtc);
-		return PTR_ERR(rtc->rtc_dev);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	pcf50633_register_irq(rtc->pcf, PCF50633_IRQ_ALARM,

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* Re: [rtc-linux] [patch] rtc: use after free in pcf50633_rtc_probe()
  2009-11-18  8:30 [patch] rtc: use after free in pcf50633_rtc_probe() Dan Carpenter
@ 2009-11-18 10:06 ` Alessandro Zummo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Alessandro Zummo @ 2009-11-18 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: rtc-linux; +Cc: error27, balajirrao, linux-kernel, akpm

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:30:14 +0200 (SAST)
Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com> wrote:

> "rtc" is freed and then dereferenced on the next line.  This patch fixes 
> that.
> 
> This is a resend.  I have been offline for the last few months so I may 
> have missed a reply or something.  Not sure what the status was.
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>


 Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>

-- 

 Best regards,

 Alessandro Zummo,
  Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

  http://www.towertech.it


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