The patch fixes a leak of 'cmd_buf' when copy_from_user() failed in i40e_dbg_command_write().
Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org). Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <[email protected]> --- drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c index 61236f983971..c17ee77100d3 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c @@ -989,8 +989,10 @@ static ssize_t i40e_dbg_command_write(struct file *filp, if (!cmd_buf) return count; bytes_not_copied = copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buffer, count); - if (bytes_not_copied < 0) + if (bytes_not_copied < 0) { + kfree(cmd_buf); return bytes_not_copied; + } if (bytes_not_copied > 0) count -= bytes_not_copied; cmd_buf[count] = '\0'; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
