netdev - [PATCH -next] qed: Fix possible memory leak in qed_dcbnl_get_ieee

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Date:	Thu, 11 Aug 2016 23:29:54 +0000
From:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
To:	Yuval Mintz <Yuval.Mintz@...gic.com>,
	Ariel Elior <Ariel.Elior@...gic.com>,
	Sudarsana Reddy Kalluru <sudarsana.kalluru@...gic.com>
Cc:	Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>, everest-linux-l2@...gic.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH -next] qed: Fix possible memory leak in qed_dcbnl_get_ieee_pfc()

'dcbx_info is malloced in qed_dcbnl_get_ieee_pfc() and should be freed
before leaving from the error handling cases, otherwise it will cause
memory leak.

Fixes: a1d8d8a51e83 ("qed: Add dcbnl support.")
Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyj.lk@...il.com>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
index 226cb08..b900dfb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_dcbx.c
@@ -1968,6 +1968,7 @@ static int qed_dcbnl_get_ieee_pfc(struct qed_dev *cdev,
 
 	if (!dcbx_info->operational.ieee) {
 		DP_INFO(hwfn, "DCBX is not enabled/operational in IEEE mode\n");
+		kfree(dcbx_info);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}