netdev - Re: [PATCH] net, wireless, mwifiex: Fix mem leak in mwifiex_update_curr_bss

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Date:	Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:54:32 +0530
From:	"Srivatsa S. Bhat" <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
CC:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net, wireless, mwifiex: Fix mem leak in mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params()

On 11/07/2011 03:28 AM, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> If kmemdup() fails we leak the memory allocated to bss_desc.
> This patch fixes the leak.
> I also removed the pointless default assignment of 'NULL' to 'bss_desc' 
> while I was there anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>

Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Srivatsa S. Bhat <srivatsa.bhat@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Thanks,
Srivatsa S. Bhat

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c |    3 ++-
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
>  note: patch is compile tested only since I don't have the hardware.
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> index dae8dbb..8a3f959 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
> @@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *bssid,
>  			       s32 rssi, const u8 *ie_buf, size_t ie_len,
>  			       u16 beacon_period, u16 cap_info_bitmap, u8 band)
>  {
> -	struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc = NULL;
> +	struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc;
>  	int ret;
>  	unsigned long flags;
>  	u8 *beacon_ie;
> @@ -1484,6 +1484,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *bssid,
> 
>  	beacon_ie = kmemdup(ie_buf, ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!beacon_ie) {
> +		kfree(bss_desc);
>  		dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc beacon_ie\n");
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}

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