As pointed out be Kees Cook if we return -EIO because the obj->type != ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER, then we must kfree the output buffer before the return. Fixes: 1a258e670434 ("platform/x86: dell-smbios-wmi: Add new WMI dispatcher driver") Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-wmi.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-wmi.c index 01ea4bb958af..931cc50136de 100644 --- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-wmi.c +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-smbios-wmi.c @@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int run_smbios_call(struct wmi_device *wdev) if (obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER) dev_dbg(&wdev->dev, "SMBIOS call failed: %llu\n", obj->integer.value); + kfree(output.pointer); return -EIO; } memcpy(input.pointer, obj->buffer.pointer, obj->buffer.length); -- 2.31.1