On Tuesday 06 July 2010 03:55:36 Axel Lin wrote:
> When acpi_evaluate_object() is passed ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
> the caller must kfree the returned buffer if AE_OK is returned.
> 
> The callers of wmi_query_block() pass ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER,
> and thus must check its return value before accessing
> or kfree() on the buffer.
> 
> This patch adds a missing kfree(out.pointer) before exit
> WMID_set_capabilities() and get_wmid_devices().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <[email protected]>

Acked-by: Carlos Corbacho <[email protected]>

> ---
>  drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c |   10 +++++++---
>  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c index 1ea6c43..fe644c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/platform/x86/acer-wmi.c
> @@ -772,6 +772,7 @@ static acpi_status WMID_set_capabilities(void)
>               obj->buffer.length == sizeof(u32)) {
>               devices = *((u32 *) obj->buffer.pointer);
>       } else {
> +             kfree(out.pointer);
>               return AE_ERROR;
>       }
> 
> @@ -788,6 +789,7 @@ static acpi_status WMID_set_capabilities(void)
>       if (!(devices & 0x20))
>               max_brightness = 0x9;
> 
> +     kfree(out.pointer);
>       return status;
>  }
> 
> @@ -1095,6 +1097,7 @@ static u32 get_wmid_devices(void)
>       struct acpi_buffer out = {ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL};
>       union acpi_object *obj;
>       acpi_status status;
> +     u32 devices = 0;
> 
>       status = wmi_query_block(WMID_GUID2, 1, &out);
>       if (ACPI_FAILURE(status))
> @@ -1103,10 +1106,11 @@ static u32 get_wmid_devices(void)
>       obj = (union acpi_object *) out.pointer;
>       if (obj && obj->type == ACPI_TYPE_BUFFER &&
>               obj->buffer.length == sizeof(u32)) {
> -             return *((u32 *) obj->buffer.pointer);
> -     } else {
> -             return 0;
> +             devices = *((u32 *) obj->buffer.pointer);
>       }
> +
> +     kfree(out.pointer);
> +     return devices;
>  }
> 
>  /*

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