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[NETFILTER]: ipt_recent: avoid a possible NULL pointer deref in recent_seq_open() 

If the call to seq_open() returns != 0 then the code calls 
kfree(st) but then on the very next line proceeds to 
dereference the pointer - not good.

Problem spotted by the Coverity checker.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Jesper Juhl 2007-08-07 18:10:54 -07:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 864c5a4d37
commit 3af8e31cf5
1 changed files with 6 additions and 1 deletions
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net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_recent.c
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@ -387,12 +387,17 @@ static int recent_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
st = kzalloc(sizeof(*st), GFP_KERNEL);
if (st == NULL)
return -ENOMEM;
ret = seq_open(file, &recent_seq_ops);
if (ret)
if (ret) {
kfree(st);
goto out;
}
st->table = pde->data;
seq = file->private_data;
seq->private = st;
out:
return ret;
}