[PATCH 1/5] dell-laptop: fix a use-after-free error on the failure path
From: Alan Jenkins
Date: Wed Aug 19 2009 - 10:17:42 EST
dell_setup_rfkill() already cleans up the rfkill devices on failure.
So if it returns an error, we should not try to unregister the rfkill
devices.
Signed-off-by: Alan Jenkins <alan-jenkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c | 8 +++++---
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
index 74909c4..12b6f33 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell-laptop.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static int __init dell_init(void)
if (ret) {
printk(KERN_WARNING "dell-laptop: Unable to setup rfkill\n");
- goto out;
+ goto fail_rfkill;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ static int __init dell_init(void)
if (IS_ERR(dell_backlight_device)) {
ret = PTR_ERR(dell_backlight_device);
dell_backlight_device = NULL;
- goto out;
+ goto fail_backlight;
}
dell_backlight_device->props.max_brightness = max_intensity;
@@ -368,13 +368,15 @@ static int __init dell_init(void)
}
return 0;
-out:
+
+fail_backlight:
if (wifi_rfkill)
rfkill_unregister(wifi_rfkill);
if (bluetooth_rfkill)
rfkill_unregister(bluetooth_rfkill);
if (wwan_rfkill)
rfkill_unregister(wwan_rfkill);
+fail_rfkill:
kfree(da_tokens);
return ret;
}
--
1.6.3.2
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