platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: Fix use after free on platform_device_register() errors
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: x86-android-tablets: Fix use after free on platform_device_register() errors x86_android_tablet_remove() frees the pdevs[] array, so it should not be used after calling x86_android_tablet_remove(). When platform_device_register() fails, store the pdevs[x] PTR_ERR() value into the local ret variable before calling x86_android_tablet_remove() to avoid using pdevs[] after it has been freed.
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba0b09a2f327319e252d8f3032019b958c0a5cd9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aac871e493fc8809e60209d9899b1af07e9dbfc8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f08adc5177bd4343df09033f62ab562c09ba7f7d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73a98cf79e4dbfa3d0c363e826c65aae089b313c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fae3129c0c08e72b1fe93e61fd8fd203252094a
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