From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit 5ae890780e1b4d08f2c0c5d4ea96fc3928fc0ee9 ] Currently the call to cdev_add is missing a check for failure. Fix this by checking for failure and exiting via a new error path that ensures the allocated comp_channel struct is kfree'd. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1462359 ("Unchecked return value") Fixes: 9bc79bbcd0c5 ("Staging: most: add MOST driver's aim-cdev module") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c index 7f51024dc5eb..e87b9ed4f37d 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/most/aim-cdev/cdev.c @@ -451,7 +451,9 @@ static int aim_probe(struct most_interface *iface, int channel_id, c->devno = MKDEV(major, current_minor); cdev_init(&c->cdev, &channel_fops); c->cdev.owner = THIS_MODULE; - cdev_add(&c->cdev, c->devno, 1); + retval = cdev_add(&c->cdev, c->devno, 1); + if (retval < 0) + goto err_free_c; c->iface = iface; c->cfg = cfg; c->channel_id = channel_id; @@ -487,6 +489,7 @@ static int aim_probe(struct most_interface *iface, int channel_id, list_del(&c->list); error_alloc_kfifo: cdev_del(&c->cdev); +err_free_c: kfree(c); error_alloc_channel: ida_simple_remove(&minor_id, current_minor); -- 2.20.1