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    powerpc/rtas_flash: Eliminate possible double free · bc26957c
    Julia Lawall authored
    The function initialize_flash_pde_data is only called four times.  All four
    calls are in the function rtas_flash_init, and on the failure of any of the
    calls, remove_flash_pde is called on the third argument of each of the
    calls.  There is thus no need for initialize_flash_pde_data to call
    remove_flash_pde on the same argument.  remove_flash_pde kfrees the data
    field of its argument, and does not clear that field, so this amounts ot a
    possible double free.
    
    A simplified version of the semantic match that finds this problem is as
    follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/)
    
    // <smpl>
    @r@
    identifier f,free,a;
    parameter list[n] ps;
    type T;
    expression e;
    @@
    
    f(ps,T a,...) {
      ... when any
          when != a = e
      if(...) { ... free(a); ... return ...; }
      ... when any
    }
    
    @@
    identifier r.f,r.free;
    expression x,a;
    expression list[r.n] xs;
    @@
    
    * x = f(xs,a,...);
      if (...) { ... free(a); ... return ...; }
    // </smpl>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJulia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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