linux-kernel - [PATCH] Staging: media: davinci_vpfe:

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Date:   Fri, 11 Nov 2016 14:21:41 +0530
From:   Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@...sung.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Shailendra Verma <shailendra.v@...sung.com>,
        Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
Cc:     vidushi.koul@...sung.com
Subject: [PATCH] Staging: media: davinci_vpfe: - Fix for memory leak if

From: "Shailendra Verma" <shailendra.v@...sung.com>

Fix to avoid possible memory leak if the decoder initialization
got failed.Free the allocated memory for file handle object
before return in case decoder initialization fails.

Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capricorn@...il.com>
---
 drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c
index 8be9f85..80c2e25 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ static int vpfe_open(struct file *file)
 	/* If decoder is not initialized. initialize it */
 	if (!video->initialized && vpfe_update_pipe_state(video)) {
 		mutex_unlock(&video->lock);
+		kfree(handle);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	/* Increment device users counter */
-- 
1.7.9.5