linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] usbip/userspace/libsrc/names.c: memory leak

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Date:	Tue, 28 Jan 2014 01:52:47 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	xypron.glpk@....de
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, ly80toro@....cs.fau.de,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ke42caxa@....cs.fau.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] usbip/userspace/libsrc/names.c: memory leak

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:29:48PM +0100, xypron.glpk@....de wrote:
> From: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>

Fix your email account so we can get this automatically from your email.
Currently the From header on your email is just:

From: xypron.glpk@....de

without your name.

> 
> p is freed if NULL.
> p is leaked if second calloc fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/libsrc/names.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/libsrc/names.c b/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/libsrc/names.c
> index 3c8d28b..b2904e8 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/libsrc/names.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/usbip/userspace/libsrc/names.c
> @@ -170,12 +170,12 @@ static void *my_malloc(size_t size)
>  
>  	p = calloc(1, sizeof(struct pool));
>  	if (!p) {
> -		free(p);
>  		return NULL;
>  	}

Remove the curly braces from here since they are no longer needed.

>  
>  	p->mem = calloc(1, size);
>  	if (!p->mem)
> +		free(p);
>  		return NULL;

Add the curly braces here.  They are required.

regards,
dan carpenter

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