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Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:32:17 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@...onical.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] efivarfs: efivarfs_file_read ensure we free data in error paths

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/efivars.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 4b12a8fd..ae50d2f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
 	unsigned long datasize = 0;
 	u32 attributes;
 	void *data;
-	ssize_t size;
+	ssize_t size = 0;
 
 	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName,
 					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
@@ -784,13 +784,13 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
 					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
 					    &attributes, &datasize,
 					    (data + 4));
-
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
-		return 0;
+		goto out_free;
 
 	memcpy(data, &attributes, 4);
 	size = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos,
 					data, datasize + 4);
+out_free:
 	kfree(data);
 
 	return size;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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