From: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The error path for wp_gpio attempts to free the IDA nvmem->id, but this has yet to be assigned, so will always be zero - leaking the ID allocated by ida_alloc(). Fix this by moving the initialisation of nvmem->id earlier. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fixes: f7d8d7dcd978 ("nvmem: fix memory leak in error path") Signed-off-by: Russell King (Oracle) <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/nvmem/core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c index 321d7d63e068..7394a7598efa 100644 --- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c +++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c @@ -770,6 +770,8 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config) return ERR_PTR(rval); } + nvmem->id = rval; + if (config->wp_gpio) nvmem->wp_gpio = config->wp_gpio; else if (!config->ignore_wp) @@ -785,7 +787,6 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config) kref_init(&nvmem->refcnt); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&nvmem->cells); - nvmem->id = rval; nvmem->owner = config->owner; if (!nvmem->owner && config->dev->driver) nvmem->owner = config->dev->driver->owner; -- 2.25.1