From: Liu Jian <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 1a392b3de7c5747506b38fc14b2e79977d3c7770 ]
'idev' is malloced in __uio_register_device() and leak free it before
leaving from the uio_get_minor() error handing case, it will cause
memory leak.
Fixes: a93e7b331568 ("uio: Prevent device destruction while fds are open")
Signed-off-by: Liu Jian <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hamish Martin <hamish.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/uio/uio.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c
index 2762148c169d..e4b418757017 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
@@ -938,8 +938,10 @@ int __uio_register_device(struct module *owner,
atomic_set(&idev->event, 0);
ret = uio_get_minor(idev);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
+ kfree(idev);
return ret;
+ }
idev->dev.devt = MKDEV(uio_major, idev->minor);
idev->dev.class = &uio_class;
--
2.20.1
