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* [PATCH v2] edd: fix possible memory leak in edd_init() error path
@ 2010-07-13  1:30 Axel Lin
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From: Axel Lin @ 2010-07-13  1:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel
  Cc: Stephen Hemminger, Jens Axboe, David Teigland, Pekka Enberg,
	Hans J. Koch, Andrew Morton

The error may happen at any iteration of the for loop,
this patch properly unregisters already registed edd_devices in error path.

Signed-off-by: Axel Lin <axel.lin@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/edd.c |   21 ++++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/edd.c b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
index 110e24e..37a56be 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/edd.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/edd.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static inline int edd_num_devices(void)
 static int __init
 edd_init(void)
 {
-	unsigned int i;
+	int i;
 	int rc=0;
 	struct edd_device *edev;
 
@@ -760,21 +760,28 @@ edd_init(void)
 	if (!edd_kset)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < edd_num_devices() && !rc; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < edd_num_devices(); i++) {
 		edev = kzalloc(sizeof (*edev), GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!edev)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		if (!edev) {
+			rc = -ENOMEM;
+			goto out;
+		}
 
 		rc = edd_device_register(edev, i);
 		if (rc) {
 			kfree(edev);
-			break;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		edd_devices[i] = edev;
 	}
 
-	if (rc)
-		kset_unregister(edd_kset);
+	return 0;
+
+out:
+	while (--i >= 0) {
+		edd_device_unregister(edd_devices[i]);
+	}
+	kset_unregister(edd_kset);
 	return rc;
 }
 
-- 
1.5.4.3




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