linux-kernel - [PATCH] driver: acpi: fix the memory leak issue in the cm

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Date:   Fri,  3 Nov 2023 22:48:04 +0800
From:   "shiqiang.deng" <shiqiang.deng213@...il.com>
To:     rafael@...nel.org, lenb@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "shiqiang.deng" <shiqiang.deng213@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] driver: acpi: fix the memory leak issue in the cm_write() function.

In the cm_write() function, memory is allocated,
and at the end of the function when uncopied_bytes is 0,
the memory is freed. If uncopied_bytes is not equal to 0,
a memory leak occurs.

Signed-off-by: shiqiang.deng <shiqiang.deng213@...il.com>
---
 drivers/acpi/custom_method.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
index d39a9b474..70132d291 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/custom_method.c
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ static ssize_t cm_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 		add_taint(TAINT_OVERRIDDEN_ACPI_TABLE, LOCKDEP_NOW_UNRELIABLE);
 	}
 
+	kfree(buf);
 	return count;
 }
 
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