On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 3:40 PM Alexey Khoroshilov
<khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If cpg_mssr_common_init() fails after assigning priv to global variable
> cpg_mssr_priv, it deallocates priv, but cpg_mssr_priv keeps dangling
> pointer that potentially can be used later.
>
> Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
>
> Fixes: 1f7db7bbf031 ("clk: renesas: cpg-mssr: Add early clock support")
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: Move cpg_mssr_priv assignment just before return 0; instead of
> clearing it as Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> suggested.
Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
i.e. will queue in renesas-clk-for-v6.3.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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