From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: linux@arm.linux.org.uk (Russell King - ARM Linux) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 12:11:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gpio/omap: fix possible memory leak in omap2_gpio_dev_init() In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20120903111106.GA24189@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 06:13:33PM +0800, Wei Yongjun wrote: > @@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ static int __init omap2_gpio_dev_init(struct omap_hwmod *oh, void *unused) > > pdev = omap_device_build(name, id - 1, oh, pdata, > sizeof(*pdata), NULL, 0, false); > + kfree(pdata->regs); > kfree(pdata); This one looks wrong. pdata is copied by the internals of omap_device_build(), which includes the 'regs' pointer, so it should not be freed after a successful call to omap_device_build(). (It should, however, be freed after an unsuccessful call.) BTW, you want to copy Paul Walmsley with this patch (address in Cc).