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Subject[PATCH] Dereference after free in snd_hwdep_release()
snd_card_file_remove() may free hw->card so we can't dereference
hw->card->module after that.

Coverity ID 1420.

Signed-off-by: Florin Malita <fmalita@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/sound/core/hwdep.c b/sound/core/hwdep.c
index 9aa9d94..46b4768 100644
--- a/sound/core/hwdep.c
+++ b/sound/core/hwdep.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inod
{
int err = -ENXIO;
struct snd_hwdep *hw = file->private_data;
+ struct module *mod = hw->card->module;
mutex_lock(&hw->open_mutex);
if (hw->ops.release) {
err = hw->ops.release(hw, file);
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inod
hw->used--;
snd_card_file_remove(hw->card, file);
mutex_unlock(&hw->open_mutex);
- module_put(hw->card->module);
+ module_put(mod);
return err;
}


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