Re: [PATCH] intel, gma500, lvds: Fix use after free on psb_intel_lvds_init()

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On Sat, 14 Jan 2012, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> In psb_intel_lvds_init(), if we fail to allocate memory for
> 'psb_intel_connector' we free the memory we previously allocated for
> 'psb_intel_encoder', but we then proceed to use that free'd pointer
> when we do 'psb_intel_encoder->dev_priv = lvds_priv;'.
> 
> I believe the proper way to handle this is to simply return after the
> allocation for 'psb_intel_connector' has failed. That is what this
> patch does.
> 

Ok, so I just noticed that we may also leak 'psb_intel_encoder' if we 
'goto failed_connector;'. Might as well fix that as well in the same 
patch.

So please just ignore this one. I'll submit a new one in a little 
while that handles both leaks.

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