linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][media] DVB, USB, lmedm04: Fix firmware mem leak in lme_firmware

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Date:	Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:56:25 +0100
From:	Malcolm Priestley <tvboxspy@...il.com>
To:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
Cc:	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...radead.org>,
	David Härdeman <david@...deman.nu>,
	Jarod Wilson <jarod@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-media@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][media] DVB, USB, lmedm04: Fix firmware mem leak in
 lme_firmware_switch()

On Thu, 2011-04-07 at 21:46 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> Don't leak 'fw' in 
> drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c::lme_firmware_switch() by failing to 
> call release_firmware().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
> ---
>  lmedm04.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
>  compile tested only
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c
> index cd26e7c..d7cc625 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/dvb/dvb-usb/lmedm04.c
> @@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ static int lme_firmware_switch(struct usb_device *udev, int cold)
>  	if (cold) {
>  		info("FRM Changing to %s firmware", fw_lme);
>  		lme_coldreset(udev);
> -		return -ENODEV;
> +		ret = -ENODEV;
>  	}
>  
>  	release_firmware(fw);

This has already been fixed in this commit

http://git.linuxtv.org/media_tree.git?a=commit;h=b328817a2a391d1e879c4252cd3f11a352d3f3bc


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