linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix memory leak in UBI scanning unit

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Date:	Thu, 10 May 2007 11:09:33 +0300
From:	Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind@...radead.org>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dedekind@...utronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix memory leak in UBI scanning unit

On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 00:26 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> In drivers/mtd/ubi/scan.c::paranoid_check_si() there's a memory leak.
> If the call 
> 	err = ubi_io_is_bad(ubi, pnum);
> returns <0, then we'll return with out freeing (and thus leak) buf.
> This patch eliminates the memory leak by freeing buf before returning.
> 
> Problem spotted by the Coverity checker.

It was already reported and fixed in our git tree. But thanks anyway.

-- 
Best regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)

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