[PATCH] powerpc/sysdev/of_rtc: Fix possible memory leak in of_instantiate_rtc

He Ying heying24 at huawei.com
Wed Nov 3 12:47:17 AEDT 2021


If of_address_to_resource() in of_instantiate_rtc() fails, previously
allocated memory res is not freed. Add missing kfree() for it.

Signed-off-by: He Ying <heying24 at huawei.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/sysdev/of_rtc.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/of_rtc.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/of_rtc.c
index 1f408d34a6a7..23b896996c2f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/of_rtc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/of_rtc.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ void __init of_instantiate_rtc(void)
 				printk(KERN_ERR "OF RTC: Error "
 				       "translating resources for %pOF\n",
 				       node);
+				kfree(res);
 				continue;
 			}
 
-- 
2.17.1



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