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ACPICA: Fix possible memory leak in nspredef
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Fixed a possible leak when an attempt is made to repair a return
object.  The only current repair is an automatic buffer to string
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
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Bob Moore authored and Len Brown committed Aug 27, 2009
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27 changes: 15 additions & 12 deletions drivers/acpi/acpica/nspredef.c
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Expand Up @@ -1046,22 +1046,25 @@ acpi_ns_repair_object(u32 expected_btypes,
ACPI_MEMCPY(new_object->string.pointer,
return_object->buffer.pointer, length);

/* Install the new return object */

acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
*return_object_ptr = new_object;

/*
* If the object is a package element, we need to:
* 1. Decrement the reference count of the orignal object, it was
* incremented when building the package
* 2. Increment the reference count of the new object, it will be
* decremented when releasing the package
* If the original object is a package element, we need to:
* 1. Set the reference count of the new object to match the
* reference count of the old object.
* 2. Decrement the reference count of the original object.
*/
if (package_index != ACPI_NOT_PACKAGE) {
acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
acpi_ut_add_reference(new_object);
new_object->common.reference_count =
return_object->common.reference_count;

if (return_object->common.reference_count > 1) {
return_object->common.reference_count--;
}
}

/* Delete old object, install the new return object */

acpi_ut_remove_reference(return_object);
*return_object_ptr = new_object;
return (AE_OK);

default:
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