linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] airo: fix memory leaks

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Message-Id: <20190903133953.61D1960850@smtp.codeaurora.org>
Date:   Tue,  3 Sep 2019 13:39:53 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
Cc:     Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>,
        Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS (WIRELESS)),
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] airo: fix memory leaks

Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu> wrote:

> In proc_BSSList_open(), 'file->private_data' is allocated through kzalloc()
> and 'data->rbuffer' is allocated through kmalloc(). In the following
> execution, if an error occurs, they are not deallocated, leading to memory
> leaks. To fix this issue, free the allocated memory regions before
> returning the error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>

Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.

145a32fe57e3 airo: fix memory leaks

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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11096733/

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