Inside ioc4_attach_local() 4 memory was allocated using kzalloc and assign it to ports[] within loop. When kzalloc fails inside loop, it returns error without freeing previously allocated memory and we may have memory leak. Fix this by freeing ports[] before return. Signed-off-by: Souptick joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx> --- v2: - Address comment from Sahu * Put new line before free * replace for loop with while drivers/tty/serial/ioc4_serial.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ioc4_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ioc4_serial.c index e5c42fe..3be051abb 100644 --- a/drivers/tty/serial/ioc4_serial.c +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ioc4_serial.c @@ -1082,7 +1082,7 @@ static int inline ioc4_attach_local(struct ioc4_driver_data *idd) if (!port) { printk(KERN_WARNING "IOC4 serial memory not available for port\n"); - return -ENOMEM; + goto free; } spin_lock_init(&port->ip_lock); @@ -1190,6 +1190,11 @@ static int inline ioc4_attach_local(struct ioc4_driver_data *idd) handle_dma_error_intr, port); } return 0; + +free: + while (port_number) + kfree(ports[--port_number]); + return -ENOMEM; } /** -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html