linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: brcm80211: Fix memory leak after kmalloc failure

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Message-Id: <1298158151-22903-1-git-send-email-weil@mail.berlios.de>
Date:	Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:29:11 +0100
From:	Stefan Weil <weil@...l.berlios.de>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Cc:	Stefan Weil <weil@...l.berlios.de>,
	Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>,
	Henry Ptasinski <henryp@...adcom.com>,
	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] staging: brcm80211: Fix memory leak after kmalloc failure

This error was spotted by cppcheck:

drivers/staging/brcm80211/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c:4053: error: Memory leak: ptr

Cc: Brett Rudley <brudley@...adcom.com>
Cc: Henry Ptasinski <henryp@...adcom.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Stefan Weil <weil@...l.berlios.de>
---
 drivers/staging/brcm80211/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c
index 3ac2b49..9e2cb60 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c
@@ -4050,6 +4050,7 @@ wlc_lcnphy_a1(phy_info_t *pi, int cal_type, int num_levels, int step_size_lg2)
 
 	phy_c32 = kmalloc(sizeof(u16) * 20, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (NULL == phy_c32) {
+		kfree(ptr);
 		return;
 	}
 	phy_c26 = read_phy_reg(pi, 0x6da);
-- 
1.7.2.3

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