From: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 4afa0c22eed33cfe0c590742387f0d16f32412f3 upstream. If driver_register() returns with error we need to free the memory allocated for auxdrv->driver.name before returning from __auxiliary_driver_register() Fixes: 7de3697e9cbd4 ("Add auxiliary bus support") Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Ujfalusi <peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210713093438.3173-1-peter.ujfalusi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/auxiliary.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/base/auxiliary.c +++ b/drivers/base/auxiliary.c @@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(auxiliary_find_device) int __auxiliary_driver_register(struct auxiliary_driver *auxdrv, struct module *owner, const char *modname) { + int ret; + if (WARN_ON(!auxdrv->probe) || WARN_ON(!auxdrv->id_table)) return -EINVAL; @@ -246,7 +248,11 @@ int __auxiliary_driver_register(struct a auxdrv->driver.bus = &auxiliary_bus_type; auxdrv->driver.mod_name = modname; - return driver_register(&auxdrv->driver); + ret = driver_register(&auxdrv->driver); + if (ret) + kfree(auxdrv->driver.name); + + return ret; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__auxiliary_driver_register);