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From: Dan Carpenter <error27@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] hp-wmi: fix double free
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 10:45:29 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100110074529.GF7840@bicker> (raw)

kfree(obj) was called earlier.

This was found by smatch and has only been compile tested.  :/

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

--- orig/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c	2010-01-09 21:43:13.000000000 +0300
+++ devel/drivers/platform/x86/hp-wmi.c	2010-01-09 21:43:28.000000000 +0300
@@ -388,8 +388,6 @@ static void hp_wmi_notify(u32 value, voi
 	} else
 		printk(KERN_INFO "HP WMI: Unknown key pressed - %x\n",
 			eventcode);
-
-	kfree(obj);
 }
 
 static int __init hp_wmi_input_setup(void)

             reply	other threads:[~2010-01-10  7:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-10  7:45 Dan Carpenter [this message]
2010-01-10 10:38 ` [patch] hp-wmi: fix double free Alan Jenkins

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