[PATCH 3/4] mailbox: mailbox-test: Prevent memory leak

[Lee Jones]

If we set the Signal twice or more, without using it as part of a message,
memory will be re-allocated and the pointer over-written.  Prevent this
potential leak by only allocating memory when there isn't any already.

Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
index e370aa6..539d475 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
@@ -58,9 +58,12 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_signal_write(struct file *filp,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	tdev->signal = kzalloc(MBOX_MAX_SIG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!tdev->signal)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	/* Only allocate memory if we need to */
+	if (!tdev->signal) {
+		tdev->signal = kzalloc(MBOX_MAX_SIG_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!tdev->signal)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	if (copy_from_user(tdev->signal, userbuf, count)) {
 		kfree(tdev->signal);
-- 
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