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author | Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk> | 2012-09-19 19:37:39 +0100 |
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committer | Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> | 2012-10-07 08:32:24 -0700 |
commit | f810716cd61810278caee8eefed22e8706e49125 (patch) | |
tree | 5535a057fe66259a7cdfbafad1757bc92650a47f /drivers/tty/n_tty.c | |
parent | 19dcf415184e1ef6d9641d76e3248d3b2677b3df (diff) |
staging: comedi: fix memory leak for saved channel list
commit c8cad4c89ee3b15935c532210ae6ebb5c0a2734d upstream.
When `do_cmd_ioctl()` allocates memory for the kernel copy of a channel
list, it frees any previously allocated channel list in
`async->cmd.chanlist` and replaces it with the new one. However, if the
device is ever removed (or "detached") the cleanup code in
`cleanup_device()` in "drivers.c" does not free this memory so it is
lost.
A sensible place to free the kernel copy of the channel list is in
`do_become_nonbusy()` as at that point the comedi asynchronous command
associated with the channel list is no longer valid. Free the channel
list in `do_become_nonbusy()` instead of `do_cmd_ioctl()` and clear the
pointer to prevent it being freed more than once.
Note that `cleanup_device()` could be called at an inappropriate time
while the comedi device is open, but that's a separate bug not related
to this this patch.
Signed-off-by: Ian Abbott <abbotti@mev.co.uk>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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