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Subject[PATCH] drivers: watchdog: exar_wdt.c fix use after free
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fix use after free by storing the result of PTR_ERR(n->pdev)
to a local variable before returning.

Signed-off-by: Manank Patel <pmanank200502@gmail.com>
---
drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c
index 35058d8b21bc..7c61ff343271 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c
@@ -355,8 +355,10 @@ static int __init exar_wdt_register(struct wdt_priv *priv, const int idx)
&priv->wdt_res, 1,
priv, sizeof(*priv));
if (IS_ERR(n->pdev)) {
+ int err = PTR_ERR(n->pdev);
+
kfree(n);
- return PTR_ERR(n->pdev);
+ return err;
}

list_add_tail(&n->list, &pdev_list);
--
2.38.0
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