@@ -371,19 +371,25 @@ static int acpi_fan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
result = sysfs_create_link(&pdev->dev.kobj,
&cdev->device.kobj,
"thermal_cooling");
- if (result)
+ if (result) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to create sysfs link 'thermal_cooling'\n");
+ goto err_unregister;
+ }
result = sysfs_create_link(&cdev->device.kobj,
&pdev->dev.kobj,
"device");
if (result) {
dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to create sysfs link 'device'\n");
- goto err_end;
+ goto err_remove_link;
}
return 0;
+err_remove_link:
+ sysfs_remove_link(&pdev->dev.kobj, "thermal_cooling");
+err_unregister:
+ thermal_cooling_device_unregister(cdev);
err_end:
if (fan->acpi4)
acpi_fan_delete_attributes(device);
Call thermal_cooling_device_unregister() and sysfs_remove_link() in the error path of acpi_fan_probe() to fix possible memory leak. This bug was found by an experimental static analysis tool that I am developing. Fixes: 05a83d972293 ("ACPI: register ACPI Fan as generic thermal cooling device") Signed-off-by: Joe Hattori <joe@pf.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> --- Changes in V2: - Handle the case when the "thermal_cooling" symlink creation fails. --- drivers/acpi/fan_core.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)