linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: fix potential leak in update_bcn_wps

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Date:	Thu, 1 May 2014 14:22:17 +0200
From:	Mateusz Guzik <mguzik@...hat.com>
To:	Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at>
Cc:	devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, Larry.Finger@...inger.net,
	Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8723au: fix potential leak in
 update_bcn_wps_ie()

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 01:57:27PM +0200, Christian Engelmayer wrote:
> Fix a potential leak in the error path of function update_bcn_wps_ie().
> Make sure that allocated memory for 'pbackup_remainder_ie' is freed
> upon return. Detected by Coverity - CID 1077718.
> 

        if (remainder_ielen > 0) {
                pbackup_remainder_ie = kmalloc(remainder_ielen, GFP_ATOMIC);
                if (pbackup_remainder_ie)
                        memcpy(pbackup_remainder_ie, premainder_ie,
                               remainder_ielen);
        }

        pwps_ie_src = pmlmepriv->wps_beacon_ie;
        if (pwps_ie_src == NULL)
                return;


Maybe just check pwps_ie_src earlier?

-- 
Mateusz Guzik
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