This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ACPI: scan: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path
to the 4.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
acpi-scan-fix-a-memory-leak-in-an-error-handling-pat.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 1e300e9575dbf7dc59aa4b84e187642b8da98d75
Author: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat May 8 09:23:09 2021 +0200
ACPI: scan: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path
[ Upstream commit 0c8bd174f0fc131bc9dfab35cd8784f59045da87 ]
If 'acpi_device_set_name()' fails, we must free
'acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id' or there is a (potential) memory leak.
Fixes: eb50aaf960e3 ("ACPI: scan: Use unique number for instance_no")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/scan.c b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
index d749fe20fbfc..89ce7b14a166 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/scan.c
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ int acpi_device_add(struct acpi_device *device,
result = acpi_device_set_name(device, acpi_device_bus_id);
if (result) {
+ kfree_const(acpi_device_bus_id->bus_id);
kfree(acpi_device_bus_id);
goto err_unlock;
}
