If allocating 'pdata_urb' fails, the function will return -ENOMEM without freeing the memory allocated, just a few lines above, for 'purb' and will leak that memory when 'purb' goes out of scope. This patch resolves the leak by freeing the allocated storage with usb_free_urb() before the return. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/media/easycap/easycap_main.c | 1 + 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) compile tested only diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/easycap/easycap_main.c b/drivers/staging/media/easycap/easycap_main.c index 8ff5f38..3d439b7 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/media/easycap/easycap_main.c +++ b/drivers/staging/media/easycap/easycap_main.c @@ -3825,6 +3825,7 @@ static int easycap_usb_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, /* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */ pdata_urb = kzalloc(sizeof(struct data_urb), GFP_KERNEL); if (!pdata_urb) { + usb_free_urb(purb); SAM("ERROR: Could not allocate struct data_urb.\n"); return -ENOMEM; } -- 1.7.8.4 -- Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.chaosbits.net/ Don't top-post http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/T/top-post.html Plain text mails only, please. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel