[PATCH 1/9] Drivers: hv: utils: fix memory leak on on_msg() failure

From: K. Y. Srinivasan
Date: Mon Dec 14 2015 - 20:28:32 EST


From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

inmsg should be freed in case of on_msg() failure to avoid memory leak.
Preserve the error code from on_msg().

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c | 7 ++++---
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
index 24b2766..40abe44 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_utils_transport.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ static ssize_t hvt_op_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
{
struct hvutil_transport *hvt;
u8 *inmsg;
+ int ret;

hvt = container_of(file->f_op, struct hvutil_transport, fops);

@@ -84,11 +85,11 @@ static ssize_t hvt_op_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
if (IS_ERR(inmsg))
return PTR_ERR(inmsg);

- if (hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count))
- return -EFAULT;
+ ret = hvt->on_msg(inmsg, count);
+
kfree(inmsg);

- return count;
+ return ret ? ret : count;
}

static unsigned int hvt_op_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
--
1.7.4.1

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