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Subject[PATCH] Videopix Frame Grabber: Fix unreleased lock in vfc_debug()
Videopix Frame Grabber: vfc_debug() doesn't release the device lock
when copy_from_user() fails

Signed-off-by: Matthias Kaehlcke <matthias.kaehlcke@gmail.com>

---

diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
index 6afc7e5..1cbdabd 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/vfc_dev.c
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ static int vfc_debug(struct vfc_dev *dev, int cmd, void __user *argp)
buffer,inout.len);

if (copy_to_user(argp,&inout,sizeof(inout))) {
+ vfc_unlock_device(dev);
kfree(buffer);
return -EFAULT;
}
--
Matthias Kaehlcke
Linux Application Developer
Barcelona


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