[PATCH 4.4 06/28] platform/x86: alienware-wmi: Correct a memory leak

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu Sep 27 2018 - 05:34:44 EST


4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx>

commit ff0e9f26288d2daee4950f42b37a3d3d30d36ec1 upstream.

An ACPI buffer that was allocated was not being freed after use.

Signed-off-by: Mario Limonciello <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Darren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/alienware-wmi.c
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@ static acpi_status alienware_hdmi_comman
if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_INTEGER)
*out_data = (u32) obj->integer.value;
}
+ kfree(output.pointer);
return status;

}