From: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@xxxxxxxxxx> The driver tests the dock_station pointer for nonnull to check whether it has initialized properly. But in some cases dock_station will be non-null after being freed when driver init fails. Fix by zeroing the pointer after freeing. Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen.c.accardi@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/dock.c | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/dock.c b/drivers/acpi/dock.c index 9ddc3f1..f66f4f7 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/dock.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/dock.c @@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) if (ret) { printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Error %d registering dock device\n", ret); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_docked); @@ -722,6 +723,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) printk("Error %d adding sysfs file\n", ret); platform_device_unregister(&dock_device); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_undock); @@ -730,6 +732,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) device_remove_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_docked); platform_device_unregister(&dock_device); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } ret = device_create_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_uid); @@ -739,6 +742,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) device_remove_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_undock); platform_device_unregister(&dock_device); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } @@ -751,6 +755,7 @@ static int dock_add(acpi_handle handle) dd = alloc_dock_dependent_device(handle); if (!dd) { kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; ret = -ENOMEM; goto dock_add_err_unregister; } @@ -779,6 +784,7 @@ dock_add_err_unregister: device_remove_file(&dock_device.dev, &dev_attr_uid); platform_device_unregister(&dock_device); kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return ret; } @@ -813,6 +819,7 @@ static int dock_remove(void) /* free dock station memory */ kfree(dock_station); + dock_station = NULL; return 0; } -- 1.5.3.rc2.22.g69a9b - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html