linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] xen/acpi: Fix potential memory leak.

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Message-Id: <1341330038-21686-4-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Date:	Tue,  3 Jul 2012 11:40:37 -0400
From:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To:	xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] xen/acpi: Fix potential memory leak.

Coverity points out that we do not free in one case the
pr_backup - and sure enough we forgot.

Found by Coverity (CID 401970)

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c b/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
index 7ff2569e..b590ee0 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/xen-acpi-processor.c
@@ -520,15 +520,18 @@ static int __init xen_acpi_processor_init(void)
 
 		if (!pr_backup) {
 			pr_backup = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_processor), GFP_KERNEL);
-			memcpy(pr_backup, _pr, sizeof(struct acpi_processor));
+			if (pr_backup)
+				memcpy(pr_backup, _pr, sizeof(struct acpi_processor));
 		}
 		(void)upload_pm_data(_pr);
 	}
 	rc = check_acpi_ids(pr_backup);
-	if (rc)
-		goto err_unregister;
 
 	kfree(pr_backup);
+	pr_backup = NULL;
+
+	if (rc)
+		goto err_unregister;
 
 	return 0;
 err_unregister:
-- 
1.7.7.6

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