IR: ir-raw-event: null pointer dereference

Commit Message

Dan Carpenter Aug. 12, 2010, 7:47 a.m. UTC

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Patch

diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c b/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c
index 43094e7..8e0e1b1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/ir-raw-event.c
@@ -279,9 +279,11 @@  int ir_raw_event_register(struct input_dev *input_dev)
 			"rc%u",  (unsigned int)ir->devno);
 
 	if (IS_ERR(ir->raw->thread)) {
+		int ret = PTR_ERR(ir->raw->thread);
+
 		kfree(ir->raw);
 		ir->raw = NULL;
-		return PTR_ERR(ir->raw->thread);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&ir_raw_handler_lock);