linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] wireless: fix leak found by coverity

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Message-ID: <477F20668A386D41ADCC57781B1F7043083AA5506F@SC-VEXCH1.marvell.com>
Date:	Wed, 4 Jul 2012 13:58:49 -0700
From:	Bing Zhao <bzhao@...vell.com>
To:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] wireless: fix leak found by coverity

Hi Alan,

> Subject: [PATCH] wireless: fix leak found by coverity

I've sent a similar patch to linux-wireless list.

[PATCH 3.5] mwifiex: fix Coverity SCAN CID 709078: Resource leak (RESOURCE_LEAK)

http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=134135643727424&w=2

Thanks,
Bing

> 
> From: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> index 97de652..497a05a 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/cfg80211.c
> @@ -1003,6 +1003,7 @@ static int mwifiex_cfg80211_start_ap(struct wiphy *wiphy,
>  	case NL80211_HIDDEN_SSID_ZERO_CONTENTS:
>  		/* firmware doesn't support this type of hidden SSID */
>  	default:
> +		kfree(bss_cfg);
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>