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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-11-13 19:24:08 +0100
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-11-13 19:24:08 +0100
commitacb57b7548cb84680f4f5263e63736ced8c2e257 (patch)
treeee6360d486225ef552f3e0155163744751d7eead /drivers/char
parentMerge tag 'driver-core-4.9-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/... (diff)
parentppdev: fix double-free of pp->pdev->name (diff)
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Merge tag 'char-misc-4.9-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc
Pull char/misc fixes from Greg KH: "Here are three small driver fixes for some reported issues for 4.9-rc5. One for the hyper-v subsystem, fixing up a naming issue that showed up in 4.9-rc1, one mei driver fix, and one fix for parallel ports, resolving a reported regression. All have been in linux-next with no reported issues" * tag 'char-misc-4.9-rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/char-misc: ppdev: fix double-free of pp->pdev->name vmbus: make sysfs names consistent with PCI mei: bus: fix received data size check in NFC fixup
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/char')
-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ppdev.c3
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ppdev.c b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
index d23368874710..6af1ce04b3da 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ppdev.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ppdev.c
@@ -748,10 +748,7 @@ static int pp_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
}
if (pp->pdev) {
- const char *name = pp->pdev->name;
-
parport_unregister_device(pp->pdev);
- kfree(name);
pp->pdev = NULL;
pr_debug(CHRDEV "%x: unregistered pardevice\n", minor);
}