If 'nvram_write_header' fails, then 'new_part' should be freed, otherwise,
there is a memory leak.
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jail...@wanadoo.fr>
---
This patch is *untested* because I have no way to trigger the error.
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
index 1e703f8..574ff59 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/nvram_64.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@ loff_t __init nvram_create_partition(const char *name,
int sig,
if (rc <= 0) {
pr_err("nvram_create_os_partition: nvram_write_header "
"failed (%d)\n", rc);
+ kfree(new_part);
return rc;
}
list_add_tail(&new_part->partition, &free_part->partition);
--
2.1.4
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