[PATCH] media: dvb-core: fix a memory leak bug

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In dvb_create_media_entity(), 'dvbdev->entity' is allocated through
kzalloc(). Then, 'dvbdev->pads' is allocated through kcalloc(). However, if
kcalloc() fails, the allocated 'dvbdev->entity' is not deallocated, leading
to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free 'dvbdev->entity' before
returning -ENOMEM.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
index a3393cd..7557fbf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c
@@ -339,8 +339,10 @@ static int dvb_create_media_entity(struct dvb_device *dvbdev,
 	if (npads) {
 		dvbdev->pads = kcalloc(npads, sizeof(*dvbdev->pads),
 				       GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!dvbdev->pads)
+		if (!dvbdev->pads) {
+			kfree(dvbdev->entity);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch (type) {
-- 
2.7.4




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