[PATCH] staging: gpib: Fix memory leak in ni_usb_init()

From: Zilin Guan
Date: Sun Dec 28 2025 - 07:56:02 EST


In ni_usb_init(), if ni_usb_setup_init() fails, the function returns
immediately without freeing the allocated memory for writes, leading
to a memory leak.

Fix this by jumping to the out label to ensure the memory is properly
freed.

Fixes: 4e127de14fa7 ("staging: gpib: Add National Instruments USB GPIB driver")
Co-developed-by: Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jianhao Xu <jianhao.xu@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c b/drivers/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c
index 1f8412de9fa3..4cf45e94c750 100644
--- a/drivers/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpib/ni_usb/ni_usb_gpib.c
@@ -1802,7 +1802,7 @@ static int ni_usb_init(struct gpib_board *board)
if (writes_len)
retval = ni_usb_write_registers(ni_priv, writes, writes_len, &ibsta);
else
- return -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
kfree(writes);
if (retval) {
dev_err(&usb_dev->dev, "register write failed, retval=%i\n", retval);
@@ -1810,6 +1810,10 @@ static int ni_usb_init(struct gpib_board *board)
}
ni_usb_soft_update_status(board, ibsta, 0);
return 0;
+
+out:
+ kfree(writes);
+ return -EFAULT;
}

static void ni_usb_interrupt_complete(struct urb *urb)
--
2.34.1