video: fbdev: pxafb: Fix "WARNING: invalid free of devm_ allocated data"

Started by YueHaibing on Nov 19, 2018 · 2 messages from 2 authors · Last reply Dec 20, 2018

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'info->modes' got allocated with devm_kcalloc in of_get_pxafb_display.

This gives this error message:
  ./drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c:2238:2-7: WARNING: invalid free of devm_ allocated data

Fixes: c8f96304ec8b4 ("video: fbdev: pxafb: switch to devm_* API")
Cc: stable@kernel.org [v4.19+]
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
---
 drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
index bbed039..d59c8a5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c
@@ -2234,10 +2234,8 @@ static struct pxafb_mach_info *of_pxafb_of_mach_info(struct device *dev)
 	if (!info)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 	ret = of_get_pxafb_mode_info(dev, info);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(info->modes);
+	if (ret)
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-	}
 
 	/*
 	 * On purpose, neither lccrX registers nor video memory size can be
-- 
2.7.0
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On 11/19/2018 02:36 AM, YueHaibing wrote:
'info->modes' got allocated with devm_kcalloc in of_get_pxafb_display.

This gives this error message:
  ./drivers/video/fbdev/pxafb.c:2238:2-7: WARNING: invalid free of devm_ allocated data

Fixes: c8f96304ec8b4 ("video: fbdev: pxafb: switch to devm_* API")
Cc: stable@kernel.org [v4.19+]
Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Daniel Mack <daniel@zonque.org>
Patch queued for 4.21, thanks.

Best regards,
--
Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
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