On Wednesday, November 19, 2014 08:13:13 PM Ahmed Tamrawi wrote: > Bug Report Filed: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88531 > Linux Version [3.17-rc1] > Configuration: Default configuration for x86 > > Reference to source code: > http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/acpi/video.c#L1033 > > In function (acpi_video_init_brightness) in file (drivers/acpi/video.c): > > The function allocates (br->levels) pointer at line (1033) and frees > it on some paths at line (1137). However, the problem occurs when the > function returns from line (1134) where the pointer (br->levels) is > not freed. Thus, causing a memory leak when the function returns from > line (1134). That is success path for the function and so we retain br->levels. If you notice, we do not free 'br' itself there either. Thanks. -- Dmitry -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
