-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Adrian Bunk The Coverity checker spotted this obvious use-after-free Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk Acked-by: Mark Salyzyn Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- linux-2.6.14.3.orig/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c +++ linux-2.6.14.3/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c @@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int adpt_hba_reset(adpt_hba* pHba static void adpt_i2o_sys_shutdown(void) { adpt_hba *pHba, *pNext; - struct adpt_i2o_post_wait_data *p1, *p2; + struct adpt_i2o_post_wait_data *p1, *old; printk(KERN_INFO"Shutting down Adaptec I2O controllers.\n"); printk(KERN_INFO" This could take a few minutes if there are many devices attached\n"); @@ -830,13 +830,14 @@ static void adpt_i2o_sys_shutdown(void) } /* Remove any timedout entries from the wait queue. */ - p2 = NULL; // spin_lock_irqsave(&adpt_post_wait_lock, flags); /* Nothing should be outstanding at this point so just * free them */ - for(p1 = adpt_post_wait_queue; p1; p2 = p1, p1 = p2->next) { - kfree(p1); + for(p1 = adpt_post_wait_queue; p1;) { + old = p1; + p1 = p1->next; + kfree(old); } // spin_unlock_irqrestore(&adpt_post_wait_lock, flags); adpt_post_wait_queue = NULL; --