If kzalloc() fails, the memory allocated for the new nbd_sock by krealloc() will not be used until the next nbd_add_socket() call. That's a memory leak. We can fix it by adjusting the order. Signed-off-by: Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/nbd.c | 12 +++++++----- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c index 08696f5..a197109 100644 --- a/drivers/block/nbd.c +++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c @@ -944,14 +944,16 @@ static int nbd_add_socket(struct nbd_device *nbd, unsigned long arg, return -EBUSY; } - socks = krealloc(config->socks, (config->num_connections + 1) * - sizeof(struct nbd_sock *), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!socks) { + nsock = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nbd_sock), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!nsock) { sockfd_put(sock); return -ENOMEM; } - nsock = kzalloc(sizeof(struct nbd_sock), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!nsock) { + + socks = krealloc(config->socks, (config->num_connections + 1) * + sizeof(struct nbd_sock *), GFP_KERNEL); + if (!socks) { + kfree(nsock); sockfd_put(sock); return -ENOMEM; } -- 1.8.3.1