linux-kernel - [PATCH] media: dvb-frontends: fix a memory leak bug

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Message-Id: <1566025445-5383-1-git-send-email-wenwen@cs.uga.edu>
Date:   Sat, 17 Aug 2019 02:04:04 -0500
From:   Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
To:     Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
Cc:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Richard Fontana <rfontana@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org (open list:MEDIA INPUT INFRASTRUCTURE
        (V4L/DVB)), linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] media: dvb-frontends: fix a memory leak bug

In cx24117_load_firmware(), 'buf' is allocated through kmalloc() to hold
the firmware. However, if i2c_transfer() fails, it is not deallocated,
leading to a memory leak bug.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
---
 drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c
index 42697a5..9fccc90 100644
--- a/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c
+++ b/drivers/media/dvb-frontends/cx24117.c
@@ -619,8 +619,10 @@ static int cx24117_load_firmware(struct dvb_frontend *fe,
 
 	/* send fw */
 	ret = i2c_transfer(state->priv->i2c, &msg, 1);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		kfree(buf);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	kfree(buf);
 
-- 
2.7.4