[PATCH] drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c fix possible double free

From: Darren Jenkins
Date: Tue Mar 16 2010 - 07:47:01 EST


i2400m_fw_check() can free i2400m->fw_hdrs if krealloc() fails causing a double free
Add a check so we don't free the memory a second time.

coverity CID: 13455

Signed-off-by: Darren Jenkins <darrenrjenkins@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
index 25c24f0..a97c413 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
@@ -1490,7 +1490,8 @@ int i2400m_fw_bootstrap(struct i2400m *i2400m, const struct firmware *fw,
if (ret < 0)
dev_err(dev, "%s: cannot use: %d, skipping\n",
i2400m->fw_name, ret);
- kfree(i2400m->fw_hdrs);
+ if (ret != -ENOMEM)
+ kfree(i2400m->fw_hdrs);
i2400m->fw_hdrs = NULL;
d_fnend(5, dev, "(i2400m %p) = %d\n", i2400m, ret);
return ret;
--
1.6.3.3



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