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SA1111: Eliminate use after free
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__sa1111_remove always frees its argument, so the subsequent reference to
sachip->saved_state represents a use after free.  __sa1111_remove does not
appear to use the saved_state field, so the patch simply frees it first.

A simplified version of the semantic patch that finds this problem is as
follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)

// <smpl>
@@
expression E,E2;
@@

__sa1111_remove(E)
...
(
  E = E2
|
* E
)
// </smpl>

Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@diku.dk>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Julia Lawall authored and Russell King committed Jul 30, 2010
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5 changes: 2 additions & 3 deletions arch/arm/common/sa1111.c
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Expand Up @@ -1028,13 +1028,12 @@ static int sa1111_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
struct sa1111 *sachip = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);

if (sachip) {
__sa1111_remove(sachip);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);

#ifdef CONFIG_PM
kfree(sachip->saved_state);
sachip->saved_state = NULL;
#endif
__sa1111_remove(sachip);
platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
}

return 0;
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