linux-kernel - Re: ath10k: fix memory leak of tpc

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Message-Id: <20180613115123.F3D0F60717@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2018 11:51:23 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        ath10k@...ts.infradead.org, linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ath10k: fix memory leak of tpc_stats

Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:

> Currently tpc_stats is allocated and is leaked on the return
> path if num_tx_chain is greater than WMI_TPC_TX_N_CHAIN. Avoid
> this leak by performing the check on num_tx_chain before the
> allocation of tpc_stats.
> 
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1469422 ("Resource Leak")
> Fixes: 4b190675ad06 ("ath10k: fix kernel panic while reading tpc_stats")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

260e629bbf44 ath10k: fix memory leak of tpc_stats

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10429553/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches