[PATCH] drm/edid: Fix potential memory leak in edid_load()

From: Alexey Khoroshilov
Date: Tue Aug 07 2012 - 08:42:17 EST


Do not leak memory by updating pointer with potentially
NULL realloc return value.

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
index 66d4a28..0303935 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_edid_load.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int edid_load(struct drm_connector *connector, char *name,
{
const struct firmware *fw;
struct platform_device *pdev;
- u8 *fwdata = NULL, *edid;
+ u8 *fwdata = NULL, *edid, *new_edid;
int fwsize, expected;
int builtin = 0, err = 0;
int i, valid_extensions = 0;
@@ -195,12 +195,14 @@ static int edid_load(struct drm_connector *connector, char *name,
"\"%s\" for connector \"%s\"\n", valid_extensions,
edid[0x7e], name, connector_name);
edid[0x7e] = valid_extensions;
- edid = krealloc(edid, (valid_extensions + 1) * EDID_LENGTH,
+ new_edid = krealloc(edid, (valid_extensions + 1) * EDID_LENGTH,
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (edid == NULL) {
+ if (new_edid == NULL) {
err = -ENOMEM;
+ kfree(edid);
goto relfw_out;
}
+ edid = new_edid;
}

connector->display_info.raw_edid = edid;
--
1.7.9.5

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