From 82ebbe65d781064cfb0a6a8af221a9cebcaaac9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manank Patel Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:22:58 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] drivers: watchdog: exar_wdt.c fix use after free fix use after free by storing the result of PTR_ERR(n->pdev) to a local variable before returning. Signed-off-by: Manank Patel Reviewed-by: Guenter Roeck Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221013095258.1424967-1-pmanank200502@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck --- drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c index 35058d8b21bc..7c61ff343271 100644 --- a/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c +++ b/drivers/watchdog/exar_wdt.c @@ -355,8 +355,10 @@ static int __init exar_wdt_register(struct wdt_priv *priv, const int idx) &priv->wdt_res, 1, priv, sizeof(*priv)); if (IS_ERR(n->pdev)) { + int err = PTR_ERR(n->pdev); + kfree(n); - return PTR_ERR(n->pdev); + return err; } list_add_tail(&n->list, &pdev_list);