Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:47:23 +0200 | From | Rene Herman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] au88x0: mem leak fix in snd_vortex_create() |
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On 08/04/2007 02:09 AM, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> In sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c::snd_vortex_create() : > The Coverity checker found that if we allocate storage for 'chip' > but then leave via the regions_out: label, then we end up leaking > the storage allocated for 'chip'. > I believe simply freeing 'chip' before the "return err;" line is > all we need to fix this, but please double-check me :) > > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@gmail.com> > --- > > diff --git a/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c b/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c > index 5ec1b6f..f70286a 100644 > --- a/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c > +++ b/sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0.c > @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ snd_vortex_create(struct snd_card *card, struct pci_dev *pci, vortex_t ** rchip) > pci_disable_device(chip->pci_dev); > //FIXME: this not the right place to unregister the gameport > vortex_gameport_unregister(chip); > + kfree(chip); > return err; > }
ACK.
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