On Wed, 2014-11-19 at 19:22 -0600, Ahmed Tamrawi wrote:
> Bug Report Filed: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88521
> Linux Version [3.17-rc1]
> Configuration: Default configuration for x86
>
> Function Source:
> http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c#L1404
>
> In function (acm_probe) in file (drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c):
>
> Pointer (acm->country_codes) gets allocated in line (1404) and freed
> in lines (1414, 1424) if the call to function (device_create_file)
> fails (i < 0). However, if the conditions at (1413 and 1422) evaluates
> to false, the function (acm_probe) exists without freeing the pointer
> (acm->country_codes). Thus, causing a memory leak.
Of course it exits without freeing acm->country_codes. That
attribute is exported via sysfs. It must not be freed before
the device is unplugged. Thus the code in acm_disconnect()
does that. acm_probe() frees acm->country_codes only if probe
fails.
Please elaborate where you see a problem.
Regards
Oliver
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Oliver Neukum <oneu...@suse.de>
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