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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1201292131480.27749@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:34:04 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@...il.com>
cc:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] bcma: Fix mem leak in bcma_bus_scan()

bcma_bus_scan() leaks 'struct bcma_device' bytes if
bcma_get_next_core() returns error.

Restructure the code so we always kfree() the memory we allocate to
the variable 'core' before it goes out of scope.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 drivers/bcma/scan.c |   19 +++++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

 Note: Patch is compile tested only.

diff --git a/drivers/bcma/scan.c b/drivers/bcma/scan.c
index cad9948..3a2f672 100644
--- a/drivers/bcma/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/bcma/scan.c
@@ -399,15 +399,18 @@ int bcma_bus_scan(struct bcma_bus *bus)
 		core->bus = bus;
 
 		err = bcma_get_next_core(bus, &eromptr, NULL, core_num, core);
-		if (err == -ENODEV) {
-			core_num++;
-			continue;
-		} else if (err == -ENXIO)
-			continue;
-		else if (err == -ESPIPE)
-			break;
-		else if (err < 0)
+		if (err < 0) {
+			kfree(core);
+			if (err == -ENODEV) {
+				core_num++;
+				continue;
+			} else if (err == -ENXIO) {
+				continue;
+			} else if (err == -ESPIPE) {
+				break;
+			}
 			return err;
+		}
 
 		core->core_index = core_num++;
 		bus->nr_cores++;
-- 
1.7.8.4


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