From: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@infradead.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>,
video4linux-list@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] radio-si470x.c: check-after-use
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:43:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200801282343.13589.tobias.lorenz@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080128221300.GH8767@does.not.exist>
Hi Mauro,
Hi Adrian,
Adrian used the coverity checker against radio-si470x and found this:
> The Coverity checker spotted the following check-after-use in
> drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c:
>
> <-- snip -->
> static void si470x_usb_driver_disconnect(struct usb_interface *intf)
> {
> struct si470x_device *radio = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
>
> del_timer_sync(&radio->timer); <------------------
> flush_scheduled_work();
>
> usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
> if (radio) { <------------------
> video_unregister_device(radio->videodev);
> kfree(radio->buffer);
> kfree(radio);
> }
> }
> <-- snip -->
>
> Either "radio" can be NULL and this case has to be properly handled or
> the NULL check is not required.
These two lines should indeed better be inside the if statement. The patch for this is below.
Thanks,
Toby
Signed-off-by: Tobias Lorenz <tobias.lorenz@gmx.net>
--- linux-2.6.23/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c 2008-01-23 00:01:07.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.23.new/drivers/media/radio/radio-si470x.c 2008-01-27 15:31:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -1440,11 +1440,10 @@ static void si470x_usb_driver_disconnect
{
struct si470x_device *radio = usb_get_intfdata(intf);
- del_timer_sync(&radio->timer);
- flush_scheduled_work();
-
usb_set_intfdata(intf, NULL);
if (radio) {
+ del_timer_sync(&radio->timer);
+ flush_scheduled_work();
video_unregister_device(radio->videodev);
kfree(radio->buffer);
kfree(radio);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-28 22:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-28 22:13 media/radio/radio-si470x.c: check-after-use Adrian Bunk
2008-01-28 22:43 ` Tobias Lorenz [this message]
2008-01-29 19:37 ` [PATCH] radio-si470x.c: check-after-use Oliver Neukum
2008-01-29 20:37 ` Tobias Lorenz
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