[PATCH] iio/adjd_s311: Fix potential memory leak in adjd_s311_update_scan_mode()

From: Alexey Khoroshilov
Date: Wed Aug 08 2012 - 02:38:18 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/iio/light/adjd_s311.c | 14 ++++++++++----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
index 1cbb449..0adda5b 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/adjd_s311.c
@@ -271,12 +271,18 @@ static int adjd_s311_update_scan_mode(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
const unsigned long *scan_mask)
{
struct adjd_s311_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
- data->buffer = krealloc(data->buffer, indio_dev->scan_bytes,
+ u16 *new_buffer;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ new_buffer = krealloc(data->buffer, indio_dev->scan_bytes,
GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!data->buffer)
- return -ENOMEM;
+ if (new_buffer == NULL) {
+ kfree(data->buffer);
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ data->buffer = new_buffer;

- return 0;
+ return ret;
}

static const struct iio_info adjd_s311_info = {
--
1.7.9.5

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