Bug 14360 - found a memory leak in file linux-2.6.31/kernel/resource.c
Summary: found a memory leak in file linux-2.6.31/kernel/resource.c
Status: CLOSED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Other
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: P1 normal
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Reported: 2009-10-10 11:02 UTC by Martin Ettl
Modified: 2012-06-13 19:47 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Kernel Version: 2.6.31
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Regression: No
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should fix the possible memory leak (371 bytes, patch)
2009-10-10 11:02 UTC, Martin Ettl 		Details | Diff
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Description Martin Ettl 2009-10-10 11:02:33 UTC 
Created attachment 23329 [details]
should fix the possible memory leak

Hello,

during the check with the static code analysis tool cppcheck (available on
sourceforge), i found a memory leak in file
linux-2.6.31/kernel/resource.c. See the attached
patch, the fixes this issue.

Best regards

Martin
Comment 1 Davidlohr Bueso 2011-07-07 03:40:58 UTC 
This is not correct, we mustn't free the new resource if there is no conflict. See https://lkml.org/lkml/2010/1/9/52

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