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drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c: fix error-path memory leak
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tpm_register_hardware() leaks devname on an error path.

Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11425

Reported-by: Daniel Marjamki <danielm77@spray.se>
Cc: Debora Velarde <debora@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Rajiv Andrade <srajiv@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Marcel Selhorst <tpm@selhorst.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Andrew Morton authored and Linus Torvalds committed Oct 16, 2008
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15 changes: 8 additions & 7 deletions drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
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Expand Up @@ -1187,11 +1187,8 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,
chip = kzalloc(sizeof(*chip), GFP_KERNEL);
devname = kmalloc(DEVNAME_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);

if (chip == NULL || devname == NULL) {
kfree(chip);
kfree(devname);
return NULL;
}
if (chip == NULL || devname == NULL)
goto out_free;

mutex_init(&chip->buffer_mutex);
mutex_init(&chip->tpm_mutex);
Expand All @@ -1208,8 +1205,7 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,

if (chip->dev_num >= TPM_NUM_DEVICES) {
dev_err(dev, "No available tpm device numbers\n");
kfree(chip);
return NULL;
goto out_free;
} else if (chip->dev_num == 0)
chip->vendor.miscdev.minor = TPM_MINOR;
else
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1250,6 +1246,11 @@ struct tpm_chip *tpm_register_hardware(struct device *dev,
spin_unlock(&driver_lock);

return chip;

out_free:
kfree(chip);
kfree(devname);
return NULL;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_register_hardware);

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