linux-kernel - Re: Fix memory leak in sierra_release() (this time with signed-off-by)

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Message-ID: <20121024145644.GB3131@localhost>
Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:56:44 +0200
From:	Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>
To:	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>,
	linux@...rrawireless.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: Fix memory leak in sierra_release() (this time with
 signed-off-by)

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:23:09AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> I found a memory leak in sierra_release() (well sierra_probe() I guess)
> that looses 8 bytes each time the driver releases a device.

Good catch! I missed this one when I fixed a bunch of other memory
leaks in the sierra with recent kernels:

	http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=135100550421848&w=2

I'll rebase my patch on top of this one as your patch should be
backported to all stable kernels, whereas mine is only required for
v3.6 and later.

> Signed-off-by: Len Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>

Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Acked-by: Johan Hovold <jhovold@...il.com>

Thanks,
Johan


> diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> index 01d882c..76ef95b 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/serial/sierra.c
> @@ -959,6 +959,7 @@ static void sierra_release(struct usb_serial *serial)
>  			continue;
>  		kfree(portdata);
>  	}
> +	kfree(serial->private);
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PM
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