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Subject[PATCH] intel, gma500, lvds: Fix use after free on psb_intel_lvds_init()
In psb_intel_lvds_init(), if we fail to allocate memory for
'psb_intel_connector' we free the memory we previously allocated for
'psb_intel_encoder', but we then proceed to use that free'd pointer
when we do 'psb_intel_encoder->dev_priv = lvds_priv;'.

I believe the proper way to handle this is to simply return after the
allocation for 'psb_intel_connector' has failed. That is what this
patch does.

While I was there anyway, I also removed the pointless 'if
(psb_intel_connector)' before freeing it at the 'failed_connector:'
label - kfree() deals gracefully with NULL pointers, so it is not
needed.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@chaosbits.net>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_intel_lvds.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

I considered adding a new label at the end and use a goto instead, but
settled on this minimal solution. If consolidating all exits from the
function is prefered then I can rework the patch to do that
instead. Just let me know.

Patch is compile tested only since I don't have the hardware to
actually test it properly.

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_intel_lvds.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_intel_lvds.c
index a25e4ca..7d23ef9 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_intel_lvds.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/gma500/psb_intel_lvds.c
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ void psb_intel_lvds_init(struct drm_device *dev,
if (!psb_intel_connector) {
kfree(psb_intel_encoder);
dev_err(dev->dev, "psb_intel_connector allocation error\n");
+ return;
}

lvds_priv = kzalloc(sizeof(struct psb_intel_lvds_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -862,7 +863,6 @@ failed_blc_i2c:
drm_encoder_cleanup(encoder);
drm_connector_cleanup(connector);
failed_connector:
- if (psb_intel_connector)
- kfree(psb_intel_connector);
+ kfree(psb_intel_connector);
}

--
1.7.8.3

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