Re: [PATCH][hid] Fix a NULL pointer dereference when we fail to allocate memory

From: Jesper Juhl
Date: Mon Jul 30 2007 - 10:05:22 EST


On 22/07/07, Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jesper Juhl napsal(a):
> > drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
> > index b2baeae..3ff7468 100644
> > --- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
> > +++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c
> > @@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ static struct hid_device *usb_hid_configure(struct usb_interface *intf)
> > hid->quirks = quirks;
> >
> > if (!(usbhid = kzalloc(sizeof(struct usbhid_device), GFP_KERNEL)))
>
> Out of curiosity, where is this freed?
>
Sorry, I didn't notice your email until now. It's not freed anywhere
:-( But I see that Jiri Kosina just queued a fix for that, so now
all is good :-)

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