linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 052/206] USB: serial: garmin_gps: fix memory leak on failed URB submit

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Message-Id: <20170110131504.916777039@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:35:35 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 052/206] USB: serial: garmin_gps: fix memory leak on failed URB submit

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>

commit c4ac4496e835b78a45dfbf74f6173932217e4116 upstream.

Make sure to free the URB transfer buffer in case submission fails (e.g.
due to a disconnect).

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 drivers/usb/serial/garmin_gps.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/drivers/usb/serial/garmin_gps.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/garmin_gps.c
@@ -1043,6 +1043,7 @@ static int garmin_write_bulk(struct usb_
 		   "%s - usb_submit_urb(write bulk) failed with status = %d\n",
 				__func__, status);
 		count = status;
+		kfree(buffer);
 	}
 
 	/* we are done with this urb, so let the host driver