3.6.11.9-rc1 stable review patch.
If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Toshi Kani <toshi.k...@hp.com>

[ Upstream commit d19f503e22316a84c39bc19445e0e4fdd49b3532 ]

device->driver_data needs to be cleared when releasing its data,
mem_device, in an error path of acpi_memory_device_add().

The function evaluates the _CRS of memory device objects, and fails
when it gets an unexpected resource or cannot allocate memory.  A
kernel crash or data corruption may occur when the kernel accesses
the stale pointer.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.k...@hp.com>
Reviewed-by: Yasuaki Ishimatsu <isimatu.yasu...@jp.fujitsu.com>
Cc: 2.6.32+ <sta...@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wyso...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rost...@goodmis.org>
---
 drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
index 24c807f..f16ffd4 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_memhotplug.c
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ static int acpi_memory_device_add(struct acpi_device 
*device)
        /* Get the range from the _CRS */
        result = acpi_memory_get_device_resources(mem_device);
        if (result) {
+               device->driver_data = NULL;
                kfree(mem_device);
                return result;
        }
-- 
1.7.10.4


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