Thread (2 messages) 2 messages, 2 authors, 2008-01-15
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[PATCH] input: psmouse: fix potential input register race in psmouse_connect()

From: Andres Salomon <hidden>
Date: 2008-01-12 20:13:34
Also in: lkml
Subsystem: input (keyboard, mouse, joystick, touchscreen) drivers, the rest · Maintainers: Dmitry Torokhov, Linus Torvalds

If we successfully call input_register_device() in
psmouse_connect but sysfs_create_group() fails, we'll enter the error
path without ever having called input_unregister_device() (potentially
leaking memory, or creating a race condition if something else attempts
to access the new input device).  This calls input_unregister_device
from the error path, and sets input_dev to NULL so that we don't
attempt to also call input_free_device on it.

Signed-off-by: Andres Salomon <redacted>
---
 drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
index 21a9c0b..df25e7b 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,8 @@ static int psmouse_connect(struct serio *serio, struct serio_driver *drv)
  err_pt_deactivate:
 	if (parent && parent->pt_deactivate)
 		parent->pt_deactivate(parent);
+	input_unregister_device(psmouse->dev);
+	input_dev = NULL;
  err_protocol_disconnect:
 	if (psmouse->disconnect)
 		psmouse->disconnect(psmouse);
-- 
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