netdev - [PATCH] ipv4: fix a memory leak in ic_bootp_send

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Date:	Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:54:08 +0800
From:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ipv4: fix a memory leak in ic_bootp_send_if

From: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

when dev_hard_header() failed, the newly allocated skb should be freed.

Signed-off-by: RongQing.Li <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
---
 net/ipv4/ipconfig.c |    9 +++++++--
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
index 0da2afc..7f17ba8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipconfig.c
@@ -822,8 +822,13 @@ static void __init ic_bootp_send_if(struct ic_device *d, unsigned long jiffies_d
 	skb->dev = dev;
 	skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_IP);
 	if (dev_hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(skb->protocol),
-			    dev->broadcast, dev->dev_addr, skb->len) < 0 ||
-	    dev_queue_xmit(skb) < 0)
+			    dev->broadcast, dev->dev_addr, skb->len) < 0) {
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		printk("E");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (dev_queue_xmit(skb) < 0)
 		printk("E");
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1

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