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[media] lirc: fix error paths in lirc_cdev_add()

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"c77d17c0 [media] lirc: use-after free" introduces two problems:
cdev_del() can be called with a NULL argument, and the kobject_put()
path will cause a double free.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
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Sean Young 2016-11-26 19:31:24 -02:00 committed by Mauro Carvalho Chehab
parent 003611334d
commit b40769ee2e
1 changed files with 3 additions and 5 deletions
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drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
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@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ static const struct file_operations lirc_dev_fops = {
static int lirc_cdev_add(struct irctl *ir)
{
int retval = -ENOMEM;
struct lirc_driver *d = &ir->d;
struct cdev *cdev;
int retval;
cdev = cdev_alloc();
if (!cdev)
goto err_out;
return -ENOMEM;
if (d->fops) {
cdev->ops = d->fops;
@ -177,10 +177,8 @@ static int lirc_cdev_add(struct irctl *ir)
goto err_out;
retval = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(lirc_base_dev), d->minor), 1);
if (retval) {
kobject_put(&cdev->kobj);
if (retval)
goto err_out;
}
ir->cdev = cdev;