ttyname is allocated before the mutex is taken, so it must not be unlocked in the error path. Reported-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> Fixes: fd4a641ac88f ("leds: trigger: implement a tty trigger") Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c index d2ab6ab080ac..af61281dc6a1 100644 --- a/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c +++ b/drivers/leds/trigger/ledtrig-tty.c @@ -51,10 +51,8 @@ static ssize_t ttyname_store(struct device *dev, if (size) { ttyname = kmemdup_nul(buf, size, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!ttyname) { - ret = -ENOMEM; - goto out_unlock; - } + if (!ttyname) + return -ENOMEM; } else { ttyname = NULL; } @@ -69,7 +67,6 @@ static ssize_t ttyname_store(struct device *dev, trigger_data->ttyname = ttyname; -out_unlock: mutex_unlock(&trigger_data->mutex); if (ttyname && !running) -- 2.29.2