linux-kernel - [PATCH] line6: fix memory leaks in line6_init

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Date:	Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:41:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
cc:	Markus Grabner <grabner@....tugraz.at>,
	Peter Huewe <peterhuewe@....de>, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] line6: fix memory leaks in line6_init_midi()

If the first call to line6_midibuf_init() fails we'll leak a little
bit of memory. If the second call fails we'll leak a bit more. This
happens when we return from the function and the local variable
'line6midi' goes out of scope.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 drivers/staging/line6/midi.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/line6/midi.c b/drivers/staging/line6/midi.c
index e554a2d..86c50cf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/line6/midi.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/line6/midi.c
@@ -391,12 +391,17 @@ int line6_init_midi(struct usb_line6 *line6)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	err = line6_midibuf_init(&line6midi->midibuf_in, MIDI_BUFFER_SIZE, 0);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kfree(line6midi);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	err = line6_midibuf_init(&line6midi->midibuf_out, MIDI_BUFFER_SIZE, 1);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		kfree(line6midi->midibuf_in.buf);
+		kfree(line6midi);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	line6midi->line6 = line6;
 	line6midi->midi_mask_transmit = 1;
-- 
1.7.7


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