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Staging: quickstart: free after input_unregister_device()

PATCH New Dan Carpenter 1 participant 1 message Nov 12, 2010

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PATCH 1/1 Staging: quickstart: free after input_unregister_device()

input_unregister_device() releases "quickstart_input" so the input_free_device() is a double free. Also I noticed that there is a memory leak if the call to input_register_device() fails.

drivers/staging/quickstart/quickstart.c +8 -2
index d746715..d83bec8 100644
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ static int quickstart_acpi_remove(struct acpi_device *device, int type)
 static void quickstart_exit(void)
 {
 	input_unregister_device(quickstart_input);
-	input_free_device(quickstart_input);
 
 	device_remove_file(&pf_device->dev, &dev_attr_pressed_button);
 	device_remove_file(&pf_device->dev, &dev_attr_buttons);
@@ -375,6 +374,7 @@ static int __init quickstart_init_input(void)
 {
 	struct quickstart_btn **ptr = &quickstart_data.btn_lst;
 	int count;
+	int ret;
 
 	quickstart_input = input_allocate_device();
 
@@ -391,7 +391,13 @@ static int __init quickstart_init_input(void)
 		ptr = &((*ptr)->next);
 	}
 
-	return input_register_device(quickstart_input);
+	ret = input_register_device(quickstart_input);
+	if (ret) {
+		input_free_device(quickstart_input);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int __init quickstart_init(void)