linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: cavium: fix memory leak on info

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Date:   Wed, 29 Nov 2017 17:37:12 +1100
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     George Cherian <george.cherian@...ium.com>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: cavium: fix memory leak on info

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 12:37:19PM +0000, Colin King wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> The object info is being leaked on an error return path, fix this
> by setting ret to -ENOMEM and exiting via the request_cleanup path
> that will free info.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1408439 ("Resource Leak")
> 
> Fixes: c694b233295b ("crypto: cavium - Add the Virtual Function driver for CPT")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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