In snd_hda_parse_generic_codec(), 'spec' is allocated through kzalloc(). Then, the pin widgets in 'codec' are parsed. However, if the parsing process fails, 'spec' is not deallocated, leading to a memory leak. To fix the above issue, free 'spec' before returning the error. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@cs.uga.edu> --- sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c index 485edab..8f2beb1 100644 --- a/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c +++ b/sound/pci/hda/hda_generic.c @@ -6100,7 +6100,7 @@ static int snd_hda_parse_generic_codec(struct hda_codec *codec) err = snd_hda_parse_pin_defcfg(codec, &spec->autocfg, NULL, 0); if (err < 0) - return err; + goto error; err = snd_hda_gen_parse_auto_config(codec, &spec->autocfg); if (err < 0) -- 2.7.4