On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 09:49:23PM -0600, Ahmed Tamrawi wrote: > On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 02:00:45PM -0600, Ahmed Tamrawi wrote: > >> Bug Report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89101 > >> Linux Version [3.17-rc1] > > > > That's a very old kernel version. > It does exist on the latest version (v3.18-rc7) Good to know. > >> Configuration: Default configuration for x86 > >> > >> > >> Function (reserve_range) in file (drivers/pnp/system.c) allocates > >> pointer (regionid) on line (32) and passes it to function > >> (__request_region) through the macros: (request_region) at line (38) > >> or (request_mem_region) at line (40). However, if the resource (res) > >> is allocated through (__request_region) function, then the pointer > >> (res->name) points to the allocated pointer (regionid). Then, there is > >> no way in function (free_resource) or function (release_resource) to > >> free the pointer (regionid) or (res->name). Thus, causing a potential > >> memory leak! > > > > How does this relate to the mailing list you sent this to? > The bug occurs in the drivers side code in pnp/system.c. I thought > this is the list to target. I have already posted the bug into > linux-kernel mailing list, does that suffice? Use the tool, scripts/get_maintainer.pl to determine what people and mailing lists to send issues to for specific files. Just sending them to random mailing lists without cc: developers is a sure way to get them ignored. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
