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[Xen-devel] xenbus_xs.c: use-after-free

To: jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-devel] xenbus_xs.c: use-after-free
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:02:04 +0200
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The Coverity checker spotted the following use-after-free
in drivers/xen/xenbus/xenbus_xs.c:

<--  snip  -->

...
static int process_msg(void)
{
...
                if (IS_ERR(msg->u.watch.vec)) {
                        kfree(msg);
                        err = PTR_ERR(msg->u.watch.vec);
...

<--  snip  -->

cu
Adrian

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