Re: [PATCH v2 resend] staging: bcm2835-audio: Fix memory corruption

From: Stefan Wahren
Date: Sun Sep 24 2017 - 12:25:14 EST


> Phil Elwell <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hat am 24. September 2017 um 16:20 geschrieben:
>
>
> The previous commit (0adbfd46) fixed a memory leak but also freed a
> block in the success case, causing a stale pointer to be used with
> potentially fatal results. Only free the vchi_instance block in the
> case that vchi_connect fails; once connected, the instance is
> retained for subsequent connections.
>
> Simplifying the code by removing a bunch of gotos and returning errors
> directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Phil Elwell <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 0adbfd4694c2 ("staging: bcm2835-audio: fix memory leak in bcm2835_audio_open_connection()")

Tested-by: Stefan Wahren <stefan.wahren@xxxxxxxx>