@@ -994,8 +994,10 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
wd_data->wdd = wdd;
wdd->wd_data = wd_data;
- if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(watchdog_kworker))
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(watchdog_kworker)) {
+ kfree(wd_data);
return -ENODEV;
+ }
device_initialize(&wd_data->dev);
wd_data->dev.devt = MKDEV(MAJOR(watchdog_devt), wdd->id);
@@ -1021,7 +1023,6 @@ static int watchdog_cdev_register(struct watchdog_device *wdd)
pr_err("%s: a legacy watchdog module is probably present.\n",
wdd->info->identity);
old_wd_data = NULL;
- kfree(wd_data);
return err;
}
}
When misc_register() fails, wd_data will be released by the release callback function watchdog_core_data_release(), so we don't need to free it again. But when watchdog_kworker is NULL, we should free wd_data to prevent memleak. Fixes: cb36e29bb0e4b ("watchdog: initialize device before misc_register") Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@zju.edu.cn> --- drivers/watchdog/watchdog_dev.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)