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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index ed35345be53..53b958fcd63 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -613,10 +613,13 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
sizeof(*mk->mp) + sizeof(mk->mp->attrs[0]) * (num+1),
GFP_KERNEL);
if (!new) {
- kfree(mk->mp);
+ kfree(attrs);
err = -ENOMEM;
goto fail;
}
+ /* Despite looking like the typical realloc() bug, this is safe.
+ * We *want* the old 'attrs' to be freed either way, and we'll store
+ * the new one in the success case. */
attrs = krealloc(attrs, sizeof(new->grp.attrs[0])*(num+2), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!attrs) {
err = -ENOMEM;