Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2004-09-02

Re: [PATCH] Fix possible leak in fbcon code. (fwd)

From: Antonino A. Daplas <hidden>
Date: 2004-09-02 20:39:51

On Thursday 02 September 2004 17:45, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 16:51:22 +0100
From: Dave Jones <redacted>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix possible leak in fbcon code.

Spotted with the source checker from Coverity.com.
No, I don't think there's a leak in the original code. It always passes
through this part:

	if (save) {
		q = (unsigned short *) (vc->vc_origin +
					vc->vc_size_row *
					rows);
		scr_memcpyw(q, save, logo_lines * new_cols * 2);
		vc->vc_y += logo_lines;
		vc->vc_pos += logo_lines * vc->vc_size_row;
		kfree(save);
	}

Tony




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