From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023 09:12:44 +0100
The kfree() function was called in one case by
the new_node() function during error handling
even if the passed variable contained a null pointer.
This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
Thus return directly after a call of the function “kzalloc” failed
at the beginning.
Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/gcov/fs.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/fs.c b/kernel/gcov/fs.c
index 0fbfa444a388..10916c70fad9 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/fs.c
+++ b/kernel/gcov/fs.c
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ static struct gcov_node *new_node(struct gcov_node *parent,
node = kzalloc(sizeof(struct gcov_node) + strlen(name) + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!node)
- goto err_nomem;
+ return NULL;
+
if (info) {
node->loaded_info = kcalloc(1, sizeof(struct gcov_info *),
GFP_KERNEL);
--
2.43.0
