linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/5] staging: rtl8188eu: fix potential leak in rtw_wx

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Date:	Mon, 28 Apr 2014 22:56:20 +0200
From:	Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>
To:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com, oat.elena@...il.com,
	dan.carpenter@...cle.com, w-lkml@...enslange-mailadresse.de,
	teobaluta@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/5] staging: rtl8188eu: fix potential leak in
 rtw_wx_read32()

Function rtw_wx_read32() dynamically allocates a temporary buffer that is not
freed in all error paths. Use a centralized exit path and make sure that all
memory is freed correctly. Detected by Coverity - CID 1077711.

Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 15 +++++++++------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
index cf30a08..45b47e2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -2154,6 +2154,7 @@ static int rtw_wx_read32(struct net_device *dev,
 	u32 bytes;
 	u8 *ptmp;
 	int rv;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	padapter = (struct adapter *)rtw_netdev_priv(dev);
 	p = &wrqu->data;
@@ -2163,16 +2164,16 @@ static int rtw_wx_read32(struct net_device *dev,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (copy_from_user(ptmp, p->pointer, len)) {
-		kfree(ptmp);
-		return -EFAULT;
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto exit;
 	}
 
 	bytes = 0;
 	addr = 0;
 	rv = sscanf(ptmp, "%d,%x", &bytes, &addr);
 	if (rv != 2) {
-		kfree(ptmp);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto exit;
 	}
 
 	switch (bytes) {
@@ -2190,12 +2191,14 @@ static int rtw_wx_read32(struct net_device *dev,
 		break;
 	default:
 		DBG_88E(KERN_INFO "%s: usage> read [bytes],[address(hex)]\n", __func__);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto exit;
 	}
 	DBG_88E(KERN_INFO "%s: addr = 0x%08X data =%s\n", __func__, addr, extra);
 
+exit:
 	kfree(ptmp);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int rtw_wx_write32(struct net_device *dev,
-- 
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