[PATCH 1/3] fs: ubifs: Ensure buf is freed before return

Heiko Schocher hs at nabladev.com
Thu Oct 9 06:14:18 CEST 2025


Hello Andrew,

On 03.10.25 12:42, Andrew Goodbody wrote:
> Returning directly after buf has been allocated will result in a memory
> leak. Instead set the error code and goto the common unwind code to
> ensure that buf will be freed before returning.
> 
> This issue was found by Smatch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Goodbody <andrew.goodbody at linaro.org>
> ---
>   fs/ubifs/lprops.c | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Applied to u-boot-ubi

Thanks!

bye,
Heiko
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