linux-kernel - Re: powerpc/nvram: Fix a memory leak in err path

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Date:   Tue, 20 Sep 2016 23:07:19 +1000 (AEST)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     xinhui <xinhui.pan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Andrzej Hajda <a.hajda@...sung.com>,
        Christophe Jaillet <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: powerpc/nvram: Fix a memory leak in err path

On Wed, 2015-09-12 at 10:00:53 UTC, xinhui wrote:
> If kmemdup fails, We need kfree *buff* first then return -ENOMEM.
> Otherwise there is a memory leak.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pan Xinhui <xinhui.pan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Fontenot <nfont@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/0d0fecc5b5bfddb0e67bef985c

cheers