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Message-ID: <wrfj1twcwtr7.fsf@ultrasam.lan.trained-monkey.org> Date: Fri, 02 May 2014 08:59:40 +0200 From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@...hat.com> To: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at> Cc: devel@...verdev.osuosl.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, Larry.Finger@...inger.net, mguzik@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723au: fix potential leak in update_bcn_wps_ie() Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at> writes: > Fix a potential leak in the error path of function update_bcn_wps_ie(). > Move the affected input verification to the beginning of the function so > that it may return directly without leaking already allocated memory. > Detected by Coverity - CID 1077718. > > Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@....at> > --- > v2: Added change suggested by Mateusz Guzik: > > Move the check before allocating the memory instead of freeing the > resource afterwards in the error path. > > Compile tested and applies against branch staging-next of tree > git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git > --- > drivers/staging/rtl8723au/core/rtw_ap.c | 8 ++++---- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Added to the 8723au tree Thanks! Jes -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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