In the implementation of snd_trident_create(), the allocated trident is leaked if snd_trident_mixer() fails. Release via snd_trident_free(). Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2") Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@xxxxxxxxx> --- sound/pci/trident/trident_main.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/pci/trident/trident_main.c b/sound/pci/trident/trident_main.c index 6e50376163a2..e98c692f6aa9 100644 --- a/sound/pci/trident/trident_main.c +++ b/sound/pci/trident/trident_main.c @@ -3582,8 +3582,11 @@ int snd_trident_create(struct snd_card *card, return err; } - if ((err = snd_trident_mixer(trident, pcm_spdif_device)) < 0) + err = snd_trident_mixer(trident, pcm_spdif_device); + if (err < 0) { + snd_trident_free(trident); return err; + } /* initialise synth voices */ for (i = 0; i < 64; i++) { -- 2.17.1