In case kmemdup fails, the fix releases resources and returns to avoid the NULL pointer dereference. Also, the error paths in the following code should release resources to avoid memory leaks. Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu(a)umn.edu&gt; --- drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c index 795ad4ff35ca..565ea0b6f765 100644 --- a/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/btt_devs.c @@ -196,8 +196,13 @@ static struct device *__nd_btt_create(struct nd_region *nd_region, } nd_btt->lbasize = lbasize; - if (uuid) + if (uuid) { uuid = kmemdup(uuid, 16, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!uuid) { + kfree(nd_btt); + return NULL; + } + } nd_btt->uuid = uuid; dev = &nd_btt->dev; dev_set_name(dev, "btt%d.%d", nd_region->id, nd_btt->id); @@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ static struct device *__nd_btt_create(struct nd_region *nd_region, dev_dbg(&ndns->dev, "failed, already claimed by %s\n", dev_name(ndns->claim)); put_device(dev); + kfree(uuid); return NULL; } return dev; -- 2.17.1