From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 4defb5f912a0ba60e07e91a4b62634814cd99b7f upstream. allocates string 'new' is not free'd on the exit path when cdm_element_count <= 0. Fix this by kfree'ing it. Fixes CoverityScan CID#1375923 "Resource Leak" Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Marshall <hubcap@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin Brandenburg <martin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c index 38887cc5577f..b5dbc9c6530c 100644 --- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c +++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c @@ -671,8 +671,10 @@ int orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string(int at_boot) */ cdm_element_count = orangefs_prepare_cdm_array(client_debug_array_string); - if (cdm_element_count <= 0) + if (cdm_element_count <= 0) { + kfree(new); goto out; + } for (i = 0; i < cdm_element_count; i++) { strlcat(new, "\t", string_size); -- 2.11.0