If kimage_normal_alloc() fails to initialize an allocated kimage, it will free the image but would still set 'rimage', as a result kexec_load will try to free it again. This would explode as part of the freeing process is accessing internal members which point to uninitialized memory. Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sasha.levin at oracle.com> --- kernel/kexec.c | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c index 2348bd6..855bfbb 100644 --- a/kernel/kexec.c +++ b/kernel/kexec.c @@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ static int kimage_normal_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry, if (result) goto out; - *rimage = image; - /* * Find a location for the control code buffer, and add it * the vector of segments so that it's pages will also be -- 1.8.1.2
