From: Colin Ian King <[email protected]> If dev_kcalloc fails to allocate hw_dev->groups then the current exit path is a direct return, causing a leak of resources such as hwdev and ida is not removed. Fix this by exiting via the free_hwmon exit path that performs the necessary resource cleanup.
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <[email protected]> --- drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c index adae684..a74c075 100644 --- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c +++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c @@ -536,8 +536,10 @@ __hwmon_device_register(struct device *dev, const char *name, void *drvdata, hwdev->groups = devm_kcalloc(dev, ngroups, sizeof(*groups), GFP_KERNEL); - if (!hwdev->groups) - return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); + if (!hwdev->groups) { + err = -ENOMEM; + goto free_hwmon; + } attrs = __hwmon_create_attrs(dev, drvdata, chip); if (IS_ERR(attrs)) { -- 2.9.3
