In rndis_filter_device_add(), 'rndis_device' is allocated through kzalloc() by invoking get_rndis_device(). In the following execution, if an error occurs, the execution will go to the 'err_dev_remv' label. However, the allocated 'rndis_device' is not deallocated, leading to a memory leak bug. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c index 317dbe9..ed35085 100644 --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/rndis_filter.c @@ -1420,6 +1420,7 @@ struct netvsc_device *rndis_filter_device_add(struct hv_device *dev, err_dev_remv: rndis_filter_device_remove(dev, net_device); + kfree(rndis_device); return ERR_PTR(ret); } -- 2.7.4