[PATCH][next] media: lirc: don't kfree the uninitialized pointer txbuf

From: Colin King
Date: Tue Dec 19 2017 - 11:48:34 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The current error exit path if ir_raw_encode_scancode fails is via the
label out_kfree which kfree's an uninitialized pointer txbuf. Fix this
by exiting via a new exit path that does not kfree txbuf. Also exit
via this new exit path for a failed allocation of txbuf to avoid a
redundant kfree on a NULL pointer (to save a bunch of CPU cycles).

Detected by: CoverityScan, CID#1463070 ("Uninitialized pointer read")

Fixes: f81a8158d4fb ("media: lirc: release lock before sleep")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
index fae42f120aa4..62afa4493aea 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c
@@ -295,14 +295,14 @@ static ssize_t ir_lirc_transmit_ir(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
ret = ir_raw_encode_scancode(scan.rc_proto, scan.scancode,
raw, LIRCBUF_SIZE);
if (ret < 0)
- goto out_kfree;
+ goto out_kfree_raw;

count = ret;

txbuf = kmalloc_array(count, sizeof(unsigned int), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!txbuf) {
ret = -ENOMEM;
- goto out_kfree;
+ goto out_kfree_raw;
}

for (i = 0; i < count; i++)
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ static ssize_t ir_lirc_transmit_ir(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
return n;
out_kfree:
kfree(txbuf);
+out_kfree_raw:
kfree(raw);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&dev->lock);
--
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