Ehlo, Coverity found a memory leak in tpm_ascii_bios_measurements_open().
If "read_log(log)" fails, then we may leak 'log' and 'log->bios_event_log'. This patch should fix it, but please double check it. I don't know this code very well and the patch has only been compile tested. Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c | 11 ++++++++--- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c index 4eba32b..4b26ce4 100644 --- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c +++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_bios.c @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ static int tpm_ascii_bios_measurements_open(struct inode *inode, return -ENOMEM; if ((err = read_log(log))) - return err; + goto out_free; /* now register seq file */ err = seq_open(file, &tpm_ascii_b_measurments_seqops); @@ -435,10 +435,15 @@ static int tpm_ascii_bios_measurements_open(struct inode *inode, seq = file->private_data; seq->private = log; } else { - kfree(log->bios_event_log); - kfree(log); + goto out_free; } + +out: return err; +out_free: + kfree(log->bios_event_log); + kfree(log); + goto out; } const struct file_operations tpm_ascii_bios_measurements_ops = { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/