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

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Message-Id: <20110124.232035.183057878.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2011 23:20:35 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jj@...osbits.net
Cc:	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...e.de, zapman@...erlan.net,
	rothwell@...erlan.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB NET KL5KUSB101: Fix mem leak in error path of
 kaweth_download_firmware()

From: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:19:55 +0100 (CET)

> 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>

Applied, thanks Jesper.
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