From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> commit e629e7b525a179e29d53463d992bdee759c950fb upstream. kfree() is missing on an error path to free the memory allocated by kstrdup(): p = param = kstrdup(data->params[i], GFP_KERNEL); So it is better to free it via kfree(p). Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/tencent_C52895FD37802832A3E5B272D05008866F0A@xxxxxx Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: d380dcde9a07c ("tracing: Fix now invalid var_ref_vals assumption in trace action") Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c @@ -3919,6 +3919,7 @@ static int trace_action_create(struct hi var_ref_idx = find_var_ref_idx(hist_data, var_ref); if (WARN_ON(var_ref_idx < 0)) { + kfree(p); ret = var_ref_idx; goto err; }