[PATCH] eeprom: fix memory leak on buf when failed allocation of csraddr_str

From: Colin King
Date: Tue Jan 24 2017 - 09:39:54 EST


From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The error return path When csraddr_str fails to free buf, causing a
memory leak. Fix this by returning via the free_buf label that
performs the necessary cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
index 25d47d0..56bc5c2 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
@@ -965,8 +965,10 @@ static ssize_t idt_dbgfs_csr_write(struct file *filep, const char __user *ubuf,
csraddr_len = colon_ch - buf;
csraddr_str =
kmalloc(sizeof(char)*(csraddr_len + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (csraddr_str == NULL)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (csraddr_str == NULL) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto free_buf;
+ }
/* Copy the register address to the substring buffer */
strncpy(csraddr_str, buf, csraddr_len);
csraddr_str[csraddr_len] = '\0';
--
2.10.2