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authorFiodor Suietov <fiodor.f.suietov@intel.com>2007-02-02 19:48:21 +0300
committerLen Brown <len.brown@intel.com>2007-02-02 21:14:26 -0500
commit65e4b9b05dc10ee84b5c9fc3039fbcc6863743d7 (patch)
tree12ae5917d0343423adeff6624df0c4f273fffac2 /drivers/acpi/executer
parent867c9aec576e0c0d89dfa3922019320619002129 (diff)
downloadlinux-65e4b9b05dc10ee84b5c9fc3039fbcc6863743d7.tar.gz
ACPICA: Fix for possible memory leak and fault.
Fixed a possible memory leak and fault in acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value()
during a read from a buffer or region field. (BZ 458)

Signed-off-by: Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Starikovskiy <alexey.y.starikovskiy@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/acpi/executer')
-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
index 6499de878017..fa17f550972b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/executer/exresolv.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
 	acpi_status status = AE_OK;
 	union acpi_operand_object *stack_desc;
 	void *temp_node;
-	union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc;
+	union acpi_operand_object *obj_desc = NULL;
 	u16 opcode;
 
 	ACPI_FUNCTION_TRACE(ex_resolve_object_to_value);
@@ -299,8 +299,6 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
 		status = acpi_ds_get_package_arguments(stack_desc);
 		break;
 
-		/* These cases may never happen here, but just in case.. */
-
 	case ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER_FIELD:
 	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_REGION_FIELD:
 	case ACPI_TYPE_LOCAL_BANK_FIELD:
@@ -314,6 +312,10 @@ acpi_ex_resolve_object_to_value(union acpi_operand_object **stack_ptr,
 		status =
 		    acpi_ex_read_data_from_field(walk_state, stack_desc,
 						 &obj_desc);
+
+		/* Remove a reference to the original operand, then override */
+
+		acpi_ut_remove_reference(*stack_ptr);
 		*stack_ptr = (void *)obj_desc;
 		break;