The patch titled
Subject: aoe: fix use after free in aoedev_by_aoeaddr()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr.patch
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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: aoe: fix use after free in aoedev_by_aoeaddr()
We should return NULL on failure instead of returning a freed pointer.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c~aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c~aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr
+++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoedev.c
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ aoedev_by_aoeaddr(ulong maj, int min, in
d->targets = kcalloc(NTARGETS, sizeof(*d->targets), GFP_ATOMIC);
if (!d->targets) {
kfree(d);
+ d = NULL;
goto out;
}
d->ntargets = NTARGETS;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
aoe-print-warning-regarding-a-common-reason-for-dropped-transmits-fix.patch
aoe-fix-use-after-free-in-aoedev_by_aoeaddr.patch
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