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Subject[PATCH] power: power_supply_core: fix use after free and memory leak
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device_unregister() might free its argument.  This leads to freed
memory use in kfree(). Also use put_device() instead of kfree()
as dev may be already used in another layer after call to device_add().

Signed-off-by: Vasiliy Kulikov <segoon@openwall.com>
---
Compile tested only.

drivers/power/power_supply_core.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
index 91606bb..f06bad0 100644
--- a/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
+++ b/drivers/power/power_supply_core.c
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ int power_supply_register(struct device *parent, struct power_supply *psy)
goto success;

create_triggers_failed:
- device_unregister(psy->dev);
+ device_del(dev);
kobject_set_name_failed:
device_add_failed:
- kfree(dev);
+ put_device(dev);
success:
return rc;
}
--
1.7.0.4


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