From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> There are two error return paths that neglect to free the allocated object msg that lead to memory leaks. Fix this by adding an error exit path that frees msg. Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak") Fixes: 39502d042a70 ("vdpa: Enable user to query vdpa device info") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c index 9700a0adcca0..eb1f5a514103 100644 --- a/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c +++ b/drivers/vdpa/vdpa.c @@ -540,13 +540,15 @@ static int vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) if (!dev) { mutex_unlock(&vdpa_dev_mutex); NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "device not found"); - return -ENODEV; + err = -ENODEV; + goto err; } vdev = container_of(dev, struct vdpa_device, dev); if (!vdev->mdev) { mutex_unlock(&vdpa_dev_mutex); put_device(dev); - return -EINVAL; + err = -EINVAL; + goto err; } err = vdpa_dev_fill(vdev, msg, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq, 0, info->extack); if (!err) @@ -554,6 +556,7 @@ static int vdpa_nl_cmd_dev_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info) put_device(dev); mutex_unlock(&vdpa_dev_mutex); +err: if (err) nlmsg_free(msg); return err; -- 2.29.2 _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization