[PATCH] uio: uio_pruss: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

From: Emil Goode
Date: Thu Jun 06 2013 - 09:55:45 EST


In function pruss_probe we free gdev and try to use
it on the next line. I have moved the dereference to
above the kfree of gdev.

Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/uio/uio_pruss.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_pruss.c b/drivers/uio/uio_pruss.c
index 6e2ab00..21f7a72 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_pruss.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_pruss.c
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ static int pruss_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
gdev->pruss_clk = clk_get(&dev->dev, "pruss");
if (IS_ERR(gdev->pruss_clk)) {
dev_err(&dev->dev, "Failed to get clock\n");
+ ret = PTR_ERR(gdev->pruss_clk);
kfree(gdev->info);
kfree(gdev);
- ret = PTR_ERR(gdev->pruss_clk);
return ret;
} else {
clk_enable(gdev->pruss_clk);
--
1.7.10.4

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