In ata_init(), 'ata_force_tbl' is allocated through kcalloc() in ata_parse_force_param(). However, it is not deallocated if ata_attach_transport() fails, leading to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free 'ata_force_tbl' before go to the 'err_out' label. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c index 28c492b..185dd69 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -7040,6 +7040,7 @@ static int __init ata_init(void) ata_scsi_transport_template = ata_attach_transport(); if (!ata_scsi_transport_template) { ata_sff_exit(); + kfree(ata_force_tbl); rc = -ENOMEM; goto err_out; } -- 2.7.4