From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: [merged] aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr.patch removed from -mm tree Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:11:35 -0800 Message-ID: <20121218201136.2E2FB200059@hpza10.eem.corp.google.com> Reply-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-we0-f201.google.com ([74.125.82.201]:46542 "EHLO mail-we0-f201.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755304Ab2LRULi (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:11:38 -0500 Received: by mail-we0-f201.google.com with SMTP id t11so63653wey.0 for ; Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:11:37 -0800 (PST) Sender: mm-commits-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: mm-commits@vger.kernel.org To: dan.carpenter@oracle.com, ecashin@coraid.com, mm-commits@vger.kernel.org The patch titled Subject: aoe: fix use after free in aoedev_by_aoeaddr() has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Dan Carpenter Subject: aoe: fix use after free in aoedev_by_aoeaddr() We should return NULL on failure instead of returning a freed pointer. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter Cc: Ed Cashin Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c~aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c~aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr +++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c @@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ aoedev_by_aoeaddr(ulong maj, int min, in d->targets = kcalloc(NTARGETS, sizeof(*d->targets), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!d->targets) { kfree(d); + d = NULL; goto out; } d->ntargets = NTARGETS; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@oracle.com are origin.patch linux-next.patch