drivers/video/uvesafb.c: fix error-path memory leak
Fix bug identified by Daniel Marjamki: `m' is leaked on the error path.
Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10452
Cc: Daniel Marjamki <danielm77@spray.se>
Cc: "Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@pol.net>
Cc: "Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
index c4f4d76..cdbb56e 100644
--- a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@
/* If all slots are taken -- bail out. */
if (uvfb_tasks[seq]) {
mutex_unlock(&uvfb_lock);
- return -EBUSY;
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
}
/* Save a pointer to the kernel part of the task struct. */
@@ -205,7 +206,6 @@
err = cn_netlink_send(m, 0, gfp_any());
}
}
- kfree(m);
if (!err && !(task->t.flags & TF_EXIT))
err = !wait_for_completion_timeout(task->done,
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@
seq++;
if (seq >= UVESAFB_TASKS_MAX)
seq = 0;
-
+out:
+ kfree(m);
return err;
}
