linux-kernel - [PATCH] media: rc: prevent memory leak in cx23888_ir

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Date:   Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:02:41 -0500
From:   Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>
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Cc:     emamd001@....edu, smccaman@....edu, kjlu@....edu,
        Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Kate Stewart <kstewart@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Sean Young <sean@...s.org>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] media: rc: prevent memory leak in cx23888_ir_probe

In cx23888_ir_probe if kfifo_alloc fails the allocated memory for state
should be released.

Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@...il.com>
---
 drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
index e880afe37f15..90e7c32c54bb 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c
@@ -1167,8 +1167,11 @@ int cx23888_ir_probe(struct cx23885_dev *dev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&state->rx_kfifo_lock);
-	if (kfifo_alloc(&state->rx_kfifo, CX23888_IR_RX_KFIFO_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL))
+	if (kfifo_alloc(&state->rx_kfifo, CX23888_IR_RX_KFIFO_SIZE,
+			GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		kfree(state);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	state->dev = dev;
 	sd = &state->sd;
-- 
2.17.1