linux-kernel - New Defect(s) reported by Coverity Scan

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Message-ID: <C0A4ACBB26D853488EA0C68388B7026816911123@BLUPRD0511MB401.namprd05.prod.outlook.com>
Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:00:05 +0000
From:	Scan Subscription <scan-subscription@...erity.com>
To:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>
Subject: New Defect(s) reported by Coverity Scan 

Hi,

Please find the latest report on new defect(s) that have been introduced to the Linux Kernel found with Coverity SCAN. 


Defect(s) Reported-by: Coverity Scan:
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** CID 967920: Allocation too small for type (SIZECHECK)
/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pcie_bus.c: 146
http://scan5.coverity.com:8080/sourcebrowser.htm?projectId=10063#mergedDefectId=967920



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Defect Details:
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CID 967920: Allocation too small for type (SIZECHECK)
http://scan5.coverity.com:8080/sourcebrowser.htm?projectId=10063#mergedDefectId=967920

/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pcie_bus.c: 146 ( buffer_alloc)
   143    	/* rollback to err_iounmap */
   144    	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "CSR at %pR -> %p\n", &pdev->resource[0], csr);
   145    
>>> "wil_if_alloc(dev, csr)" allocates memory.
   146    	wil = wil_if_alloc(dev, csr);
   147    	if (IS_ERR(wil)) {
   148    		rc = (int)PTR_ERR(wil);
   149    		dev_err(dev, "wil_if_alloc failed: %d\n", rc);
   150    		goto err_iounmap;
  

/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pcie_bus.c: 146 ( size_error)
   143    	/* rollback to err_iounmap */
   144    	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "CSR at %pR -> %p\n", &pdev->resource[0], csr);
   145    
>>> CID 967920: Allocation too small for type (SIZECHECK) Allocating 920 
>>> bytes to pointer of type struct wil6210_priv, which needs at least 2304 bytes.
   146    	wil = wil_if_alloc(dev, csr);
   147    	if (IS_ERR(wil)) {
   148    		rc = (int)PTR_ERR(wil);
   149    		dev_err(dev, "wil_if_alloc failed: %d\n", rc);
   150    		goto err_iounmap;
  
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Thank you,
Dakshesh Vyas
Coverity SCAN-ADMIN
scan-admin at coverity.com
http://scan.coverity.com

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