linux-kernel - [PATCH] [media] c8sectpfe: fix memory leak

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Date:	Thu,  2 Jun 2016 19:02:55 +0530
From:	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
To:	Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...il.com>,
	Maxime Coquelin <maxime.coquelin@...com>,
	Patrice Chotard <patrice.chotard@...com>,
	Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@....samsung.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	kernel@...inux.com, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
	Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] [media] c8sectpfe: fix memory leak

We have assigned memory while requesting the firmware but if the sanity
check fails then we are not releasing the firmware.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudip.mukherjee@...ethink.co.uk>
---
 drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
index 7dddf77..30c148b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/sti/c8sectpfe/c8sectpfe-core.c
@@ -1161,6 +1161,7 @@ static int load_c8sectpfe_fw(struct c8sectpfei *fei)
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(fei->dev, "c8sectpfe_elf_sanity_check failed err=(%d)\n"
 			, err);
+		release_firmware(fw);
 		return err;
 	}
 
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