linux-kernel - [PATCH 584/961] staging: brcm80211: Fix memory leak after kmalloc failure

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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:03:47 -0700
From:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	devel@...uxdriverproject.org
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, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 584/961] staging: brcm80211: Fix memory leak after kmalloc failure

From: Stefan Weil <weil@...l.berlios.de>

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>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>
---
 .../staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c   |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c
index 3fbbbb4..f027d50 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/phy/wlc_phy_lcn.c
@@ -4051,6 +4051,7 @@ 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);
-- 
1.7.4.1

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