The first kfree(pDevice) is pointless because pDevice is NULL. The second kfree(pDevice) is a double free because pDevice is the driver's private data and that is already freed by free_netdev(netdev). Also the free_netdev() error path doesn't call usb_put_dev(). Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c index c528ef0..4fdf837 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/main_usb.c @@ -771,10 +771,9 @@ vt6656_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id) udev = usb_get_dev(udev); netdev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(DEVICE_INFO)); - if (!netdev) { printk(KERN_ERR DEVICE_NAME ": allocate net device failed\n"); - kfree(pDevice); + rc = -ENOMEM; goto err_nomem; } @@ -800,9 +799,7 @@ vt6656_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id) rc = register_netdev(netdev); if (rc) { printk(KERN_ERR DEVICE_NAME " Failed to register netdev\n"); - free_netdev(netdev); - kfree(pDevice); - return -ENODEV; + goto err_netdev; } usb_device_reset(pDevice); @@ -820,10 +817,12 @@ vt6656_probe(struct usb_interface *intf, const struct usb_device_id *id) return 0; +err_netdev: + free_netdev(netdev); err_nomem: usb_put_dev(udev); - return -ENOMEM; + return rc; } static void device_free_tx_bufs(PSDevice pDevice) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html