3.16.7-ckt3 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 92788ac1eb06e69a822de45e2a8a63fa45eb5be2 upstream. If kzalloc() failed and then evdev_open_device() fails, evdev_open() will pass a vmalloc'ed pointer to kfree. This might fix https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88401, where there was a crash in kfree(). Reported-by: Christian Casteyde <casteyde.christian@xxxxxxx> Belatedly-Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Henrik Rydberg <rydberg@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/input/evdev.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/input/evdev.c b/drivers/input/evdev.c index fd325ec9f064..b51970d1e9ee 100644 --- a/drivers/input/evdev.c +++ b/drivers/input/evdev.c @@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ static int evdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) err_free_client: evdev_detach_client(evdev, client); - kfree(client); + kvfree(client); return error; } -- 2.1.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html