[PATCH] xen-pciback: fix up cleanup path when alloc fails

From: Doug Goldstein
Date: Thu Nov 26 2015 - 15:33:08 EST


When allocating a pciback device fails, avoid the possibility of a
use after free.

Reported-by: Jonathan Creekmore <jonathan.creekmore@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
index 98bc345..4843741 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-pciback/xenbus.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ static struct xen_pcibk_device *alloc_pdev(struct xenbus_device *xdev)
dev_dbg(&xdev->dev, "allocated pdev @ 0x%p\n", pdev);

pdev->xdev = xdev;
- dev_set_drvdata(&xdev->dev, pdev);

mutex_init(&pdev->dev_lock);

@@ -58,6 +57,9 @@ static struct xen_pcibk_device *alloc_pdev(struct xenbus_device *xdev)
kfree(pdev);
pdev = NULL;
}
+
+ dev_set_drvdata(&xdev->dev, pdev);
+
out:
return pdev;
}
--
2.4.10

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