[PATCH] tty: serial: 8250: serial_cs: Fix a memory leak in error handling path

From: Christophe JAILLET
Date: Sun May 09 2021 - 04:28:25 EST


In the probe function, if the final 'serial_config()' fails, 'info' is
leaking.

Use 'devm_kzalloc' instead to fix the leak and simplify the .remove
function.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
I've not been able to find a Fixes tag. All I know is that it is old!
---
drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c | 7 +------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c
index 63ea9c4da3d5..d18c98e0d0b0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int serial_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)
dev_dbg(&link->dev, "serial_attach()\n");

/* Create new serial device */
- info = kzalloc(sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
+ info = devm_kzalloc(&link->dev, sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!info)
return -ENOMEM;
info->p_dev = link;
@@ -325,17 +325,12 @@ static int serial_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)

static void serial_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
{
- struct serial_info *info = link->priv;
-
dev_dbg(&link->dev, "serial_detach\n");

/*
* Ensure that the ports have been released.
*/
serial_remove(link);
-
- /* free bits */
- kfree(info);
}

/*====================================================================*/
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2.30.2