From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Corey Minyard <minyard@mvista.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [2.6 patch] drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c: fix a memory leak
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:10:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060311151056.GO21864@stusta.de> (raw)
The Coverity checker found this memory leak.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm3-full/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c.old 2006-03-11 14:22:49.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5-mm3-full/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c 2006-03-11 14:25:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -736,7 +736,8 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int
intf = ipmi_interfaces[if_num];
if ((if_num >= MAX_IPMI_INTERFACES) || IPMI_INVALID_INTERFACE(intf)) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&interfaces_lock, flags);
- return -EINVAL;
+ rv = -EINVAL;
+ goto out_kfree;
}
/* Note that each existing user holds a refcount to the interface. */
@@ -751,14 +752,14 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int
if (!try_module_get(intf->handlers->owner)) {
rv = -ENODEV;
- goto out_err;
+ goto out_kref;
}
if (intf->handlers->inc_usecount) {
rv = intf->handlers->inc_usecount(intf->send_info);
if (rv) {
module_put(intf->handlers->owner);
- goto out_err;
+ goto out_kref;
}
}
@@ -769,9 +770,10 @@ int ipmi_create_user(unsigned int
*user = new_user;
return 0;
- out_err:
- kfree(new_user);
+out_kref:
kref_put(&intf->refcount, intf_free);
+out_kfree:
+ kfree(new_user);
return rv;
}
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