+ hiddev-fix-incorrect-free.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled
     hiddev: fix incorrect free
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     hiddev-fix-incorrect-free.patch

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Subject: hiddev: fix incorrect free
From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>

If hiddev_open() fails, it wrongly frees the shared hiddev structure
kept in hiddev_table instead of the hiddev_list structure allocated
for the opened file descriptor.  Existing references to this structure
will then accessed free memory.

This was introduced by 079034073 "HID: hiddev cleanup -- handle all
error conditions properly".

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oliver Neukum <oliver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c~hiddev-fix-incorrect-free drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c~hiddev-fix-incorrect-free
+++ a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static int hiddev_open(struct inode *ino
 	return 0;
 bail:
 	file->private_data = NULL;
-	kfree(list->hiddev);
+	kfree(list);
 	return res;
 }
 
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx are

linux-next.patch
cifs-use-kzfree.patch
s390-use-kzfree.patch
usb-use-kzfree.patch
crypto-use-kzfree.patch
hiddev-fix-incorrect-free.patch
hiddev-fix-waitqueue-usage.patch
vmscan-rename-scmay_swap-to-may_unmap.patch
mm-introduce-for_each_populated_zone-macro.patch
mm-introduce-for_each_populated_zone-macro-cleanup.patch
mm-shrink_all_memory-use-scnr_reclaimed.patch
mm-shrink_all_memory-use-scnr_reclaimed-checkpatch-fixes.patch
vmscan-clip-swap_cluster_max-in-shrink_all_memory.patch
vmscan-respect-higher-order-in-zone_reclaim.patch
mm-move-pagevec-stripping-to-save-unlock-relock.patch
mm-dont-free-swap-slots-on-page-deactivation.patch
mm-remove-pagevec_swap_free.patch
ecryptfs-use-kzfree.patch
memcg-remove-mem_cgroup_calc_mapped_ratio-take2.patch

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