[PATCH] 2.4.13pre3aa1: expand_fdset() may use invalid pointer

From: Chip Salzenberg (chip@pobox.com)
Date: Wed Oct 17 2001 - 13:32:45 EST

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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

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