[PATCH v2 1/1] rsxx: core: fix memory leak

From: Andi Shyti
Date: Mon Aug 19 2013 - 12:37:20 EST


Free 'buf' before returning.

the 'rsxx_cram_write()' function returns twice without freeing
the allocated buffer 'buf' causing a possible memory leak.

This issue has been reported by scan.coverity.com

Signed-off-by: Andi Shyti <andi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/rsxx/core.c | 7 ++++---
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/block/rsxx/core.c b/drivers/block/rsxx/core.c
index 6e85e21..fa3740b 100644
--- a/drivers/block/rsxx/core.c
+++ b/drivers/block/rsxx/core.c
@@ -224,19 +224,20 @@ static ssize_t rsxx_cram_write(struct file *fp, const char __user *ubuf,

st = copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, cnt);
if (st)
- return st;
+ goto exit;

info->f_pos = (u32)*ppos + info->offset;

st = rsxx_creg_write(card, CREG_ADD_CRAM + info->f_pos, cnt, buf, 1);
if (st)
- return st;
+ goto exit;

info->offset += cnt;

+exit:
kfree(buf);

- return cnt;
+ return st ? st : cnt;
}

static int rsxx_cram_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
--
1.8.4.rc2

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