From 104326f8df9925317cca64b84249d3eac5de7c74 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florin Malita Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:55:25 +0200 Subject: [ALSA] Dereference after free in snd_hwdep_release() snd_card_file_remove() may free hw->card so we can't dereference hw->card->module after that. Coverity ID 1420. Signed-off-by: Florin Malita Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela --- sound/core/hwdep.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'sound/core') diff --git a/sound/core/hwdep.c b/sound/core/hwdep.c index 9aa9d94891f0..46b47689362c 100644 --- a/sound/core/hwdep.c +++ b/sound/core/hwdep.c @@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inode *inode, struct file * file) { int err = -ENXIO; struct snd_hwdep *hw = file->private_data; + struct module *mod = hw->card->module; mutex_lock(&hw->open_mutex); if (hw->ops.release) { err = hw->ops.release(hw, file); @@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ static int snd_hwdep_release(struct inode *inode, struct file * file) hw->used--; snd_card_file_remove(hw->card, file); mutex_unlock(&hw->open_mutex); - module_put(hw->card->module); + module_put(mod); return err; } -- cgit v1.2.2