linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: fix memory leak

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Message-Id: <1442317948-21868-1-git-send-email-sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 15 Sep 2015 17:22:28 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: fix memory leak

If the size of the firmware is not as expected then we are jumping to the
error path but we missed releasing the firmware.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip@...torindia.org>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
index 5c527c4..3c1b86c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/r8192E_firmware.c
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ bool rtl92e_init_fw(struct net_device *dev)
 				    sizeof(pfirmware->firmware_buf[i])) {
 					RT_TRACE(COMP_FIRMWARE,
 						 "img file size exceed the container struct buffer fail!\n");
+					release_firmware(fw_entry);
 					goto download_firmware_fail;
 				}
 
-- 
1.9.1

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