[ALSA] Dereference after free in snd_hwdep_release()

snd_card_file_remove() may free hw->card so we can't dereference
hw->card->module after that.
Coverity ID 1420.

Signed-off-by: Florin Malita <fmalita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@suse.cz>

diff --git a/sound/core/hwdep.c b/sound/core/hwdep.c
index 9aa9d94..46b4768 100644 (file)
--- a/sound/core/hwdep.c
+++ b/sound/core/hwdep.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
 {
        int err = -ENXIO;
        struct snd_hwdep *hw = file->private_data;
+       struct module *mod = hw->card->module;
        mutex_lock(&hw->open_mutex);
        if (hw->ops.release) {
                err = hw->ops.release(hw, file);
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inode *inode, struct file * file)
                hw->used--;
        snd_card_file_remove(hw->card, file);
        mutex_unlock(&hw->open_mutex);
-       module_put(hw->card->module);
+       module_put(mod);
        return err;
 }