linux-kernel - [PATCH] USB NET KL5KUSB101: Fix mem leak in error path of kaweth_download

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Date:	Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:19:55 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	The Zapman <zapman@...erlan.net>,
	Michael Rothwell <rothwell@...erlan.net>
Subject: [PATCH] USB NET KL5KUSB101: Fix mem leak in error path of
 kaweth_download_firmware()

We will leak the storage allocated by request_firmware() if the size of 
the firmware is greater than KAWETH_FIRMWARE_BUF_SIZE.
This removes the leak by calling release_firmware() before we return 
-ENOSPC.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 kaweth.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

  Compile tested only since I do not have the hardware.

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
index 5e98643..7dc8497 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/kaweth.c
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ static int kaweth_download_firmware(struct kaweth_device *kaweth,
 
 	if (fw->size > KAWETH_FIRMWARE_BUF_SIZE) {
 		err("Firmware too big: %zu", fw->size);
+		release_firmware(fw);
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 	data_len = fw->size;


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