The struct drv_mgmt 'mgmt' is currently allocated dynamically using kzalloc(). Unfortunately, it is subjected to memory leaks in the error handling paths of the probe() function.
To address this issue, use device resource management helper devm_kzalloc(), to ensure cleanup after the allocation.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 1c9e16b73166 ("staging: vc04_services: vchiq_arm: Split driver static and runtime data") Signed-off-by: Umang Jain umang.jain@ideasonboard.com --- drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c index 7ece82c361ee..8412be7183fc 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c +++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c @@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ static int vchiq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) return -ENOENT; }
- mgmt = kzalloc(sizeof(*mgmt), GFP_KERNEL); + mgmt = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*mgmt), GFP_KERNEL); if (!mgmt) return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1397,8 +1397,6 @@ static void vchiq_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
arm_state = vchiq_platform_get_arm_state(&mgmt->state); kthread_stop(arm_state->ka_thread); - - kfree(mgmt); }
static struct platform_driver vchiq_driver = {