Re: [PATCH] m501fb: don't return zero on failure path in sm501fb_probe()

[Tomi Valkeinen]

On 01/11/14 00:40, Alexey Khoroshilov wrote:
> If no framebuffers found, sm501fb_probe() breaks off initialization,
> deallocates sm501fb_info, but returns zero. As a result, use after free
> can happen in sm501fb_remove().
> 
> The patch adds -ENODEV as a return value in this case.
> 
> Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
> index 9e74e8fbe074..8b98b011fc04 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/sm501fb.c
> @@ -1988,6 +1988,7 @@ static int sm501fb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
>  	if (info->fb[HEAD_PANEL] == NULL &&
>  	    info->fb[HEAD_CRT] == NULL) {
>  		dev_err(dev, "no framebuffers found\n");
> +		ret = -ENODEV;
>  		goto err_alloc;
>  	}
>  
> 

Thanks, queued for 3.19.

 Tomi

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