In cm_write(), 'buf' is allocated through kzalloc(). In the following
execution, if an error occurs, 'buf' is not deallocated, leading to memory
leaks. To fix this issue, free 'buf' before returning the error.
Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index b2ef4c2..fd66a73 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf,
if ((*ppos > max_size) ||
(*ppos + count > max_size) ||
(*ppos + count < count) ||
- (count > uncopied_bytes))
+ (count > uncopied_bytes)) {
+ kfree(buf);
return -EINVAL;
+ }
if (copy_from_user(buf + (*ppos), user_buf, count)) {
kfree(buf);
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user * user_buf,
add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
}
+ kfree(buf);
return count;
}
--
2.7.4
