Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:32:45 -0700 | From | Chip Salzenberg <> | Subject | [PATCH] 2.4.13pre3aa1: expand_fdset() may use invalid pointer |
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In 2.4.13pre3aa1, expand_fdset() in fs/file.c has a couple of execution paths that call kfree() on a pointer that hasn't yet been initialized. A minimal patch is attached. -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@pobox.com> "We have no fuel on board, plus or minus 8 kilograms." -- NEAR tech
Index: linux/fs/file.c --- linux/fs/file.c.old Tue Oct 16 23:28:16 2001 +++ linux/fs/file.c Wed Oct 17 00:29:43 2001 @@ -203,5 +203,5 @@ fd_set *new_openset = 0, *new_execset = 0; int error, nfds = 0; - struct rcu_fd_set *arg; + struct rcu_fd_set *arg = NULL; error = -EMFILE; |  |