linux-kernel - [char-misc-next 3/8] mei: nfc: fix memory leak in error path

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Date:	Mon, 21 Oct 2013 22:05:38 +0300
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:	arnd@...db.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>,
	<stable@...r.kernel.org>, Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [char-misc-next 3/8] mei: nfc: fix memory leak in error path

The flow may reach the err label without freeing cl and cl_info

cl and cl_info weren't assigned to ndev->cl and cl_info
so they weren't freed in mei_nfc_free called on error path

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> # 3.10+
Cc: Samuel Ortiz <sameo@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
---
 drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c b/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
index d0c6907..994ca4a 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/nfc.c
@@ -485,8 +485,11 @@ int mei_nfc_host_init(struct mei_device *dev)
 	if (ndev->cl_info)
 		return 0;
 
-	cl_info = mei_cl_allocate(dev);
-	cl = mei_cl_allocate(dev);
+	ndev->cl_info = mei_cl_allocate(dev);
+	ndev->cl = mei_cl_allocate(dev);
+
+	cl = ndev->cl;
+	cl_info = ndev->cl_info;
 
 	if (!cl || !cl_info) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -527,10 +530,9 @@ int mei_nfc_host_init(struct mei_device *dev)
 
 	cl->device_uuid = mei_nfc_guid;
 
+
 	list_add_tail(&cl->device_link, &dev->device_list);
 
-	ndev->cl_info = cl_info;
-	ndev->cl = cl;
 	ndev->req_id = 1;
 
 	INIT_WORK(&ndev->init_work, mei_nfc_init);
-- 
1.8.3.1

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