linux-kernel - [PATCH 5.7 057/166] nl80211: fix memory leak when parsing NL80211_ATTR_HE_BSS

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Date:   Tue, 14 Jul 2020 20:43:42 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>,
        Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 5.7 057/166] nl80211: fix memory leak when parsing NL80211_ATTR_HE_BSS_COLOR

From: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>

[ Upstream commit 60a0121f8fa64b0f4297aa6fef8207500483a874 ]

If there is an error when parsing the NL80211_ATTR_HE_BSS_COLOR
attribute, we return immediately without freeing param.acl.  Fit it by
using goto out instead of returning immediately.

Fixes: 5c5e52d1bb96 ("nl80211: add handling for BSS color")
Signed-off-by: Luca Coelho <luciano.coelho@...el.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/iwlwifi.20200626124931.7ad2a3eb894f.I60905fb70bd20389a3b170db515a07275e31845e@changeid
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 net/wireless/nl80211.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index a56ede64e70fc..7ae6b90e0d264 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -5013,7 +5013,7 @@ static int nl80211_start_ap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 					info->attrs[NL80211_ATTR_HE_BSS_COLOR],
 					&params.he_bss_color);
 		if (err)
-			return err;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	nl80211_calculate_ap_params(&params);
-- 
2.25.1