The patch titled
UBI: dereference after kfree in create_vtbl
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
ubi-dereference-after-kfree-in-create_vtbl.patch
This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged
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Subject: UBI: dereference after kfree in create_vtbl
From: Florin Malita <fmalita@xxxxxxxxx>
Coverity (CID 1614) spotted new_seb being dereferenced after kfree() in
create_vtbl's write_error path.
Signed-off-by: Florin Malita <fmalita@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c | 11 +++++------
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c~ubi-dereference-after-kfree-in-create_vtbl drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c~ubi-dereference-after-kfree-in-create_vtbl
+++ a/drivers/mtd/ubi/vtbl.c
@@ -317,14 +317,13 @@ retry:
return err;
write_error:
- kfree(new_seb);
- /* May be this physical eraseblock went bad, try to pick another one */
- if (++tries <= 5) {
+ /* Maybe this physical eraseblock went bad, try to pick another one */
+ if (++tries <= 5)
err = ubi_scan_add_to_list(si, new_seb->pnum, new_seb->ec,
&si->corr);
- if (!err)
- goto retry;
- }
+ kfree(new_seb);
+ if (!err)
+ goto retry;
out_free:
ubi_free_vid_hdr(ubi, vid_hdr);
return err;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from fmalita@xxxxxxxxx are
ubi-dereference-after-kfree-in-create_vtbl.patch
devpts-add-fsnotify-create-event.patch
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