[patch 15/37] elf: fix one check-after-use

[Greg KH]

2.6.27-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Amerigo Wang <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit e2dbe12557d85d81f4527879499f55681c3cca4f upstream.

Check before use it.

Signed-off-by: WANG Cong <amwang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: James Morris <jmorris@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
 fs/binfmt_elf.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -1517,11 +1517,11 @@ static int fill_note_info(struct elfhdr 
 	info->thread = NULL;
 
 	psinfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*psinfo), GFP_KERNEL);
-	fill_note(&info->psinfo, "CORE", NT_PRPSINFO, sizeof(*psinfo), psinfo);
-
 	if (psinfo == NULL)
 		return 0;
 
+	fill_note(&info->psinfo, "CORE", NT_PRPSINFO, sizeof(*psinfo), psinfo);
+
 	/*
 	 * Figure out how many notes we're going to need for each thread.
 	 */


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