[media] lirc: fix error paths in lirc_cdev_add()
authorSean Young <sean@mess.org>
Sat, 26 Nov 2016 21:31:24 +0000 (19:31 -0200)
committerMauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
Thu, 1 Dec 2016 14:46:00 +0000 (12:46 -0200)
"c77d17c0 [media] lirc: use-after free" introduces two problems:
cdev_del() can be called with a NULL argument, and the kobject_put()
path will cause a double free.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Young <sean@mess.org>
Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com>
drivers/media/rc/lirc_dev.c

index d3039ef..3854809 100644 (file)
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ static const struct file_operations lirc_dev_fops = {
 
 static int lirc_cdev_add(struct irctl *ir)
 {
-       int retval = -ENOMEM;
        struct lirc_driver *d = &ir->d;
        struct cdev *cdev;
+       int retval;
 
        cdev = cdev_alloc();
        if (!cdev)
-               goto err_out;
+               return -ENOMEM;
 
        if (d->fops) {
                cdev->ops = d->fops;
@@ -177,10 +177,8 @@ static int lirc_cdev_add(struct irctl *ir)
                goto err_out;
 
        retval = cdev_add(cdev, MKDEV(MAJOR(lirc_base_dev), d->minor), 1);
-       if (retval) {
-               kobject_put(&cdev->kobj);
+       if (retval)
                goto err_out;
-       }
 
        ir->cdev = cdev;