In ecryptfs_init_messaging(), if the allocation for 'ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr' fails, the previously allocated 'ecryptfs_daemon_hash' is not deallocated, leading to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free 'ecryptfs_daemon_hash' before returning the error. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c index d668e60..c05ca39 100644 --- a/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c +++ b/fs/ecryptfs/messaging.c @@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ int __init ecryptfs_init_messaging(void) * ecryptfs_message_buf_len), GFP_KERNEL); if (!ecryptfs_msg_ctx_arr) { + kfree(ecryptfs_daemon_hash); rc = -ENOMEM; goto out; } -- 2.7.4