linux-kernel - [PATCH] memory: brcmstb

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Message-Id: <20200818110201.69933-1-alex.dewar90@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:02:01 +0100
From:   Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
To:     Markus Mayer <mmayer@...adcom.com>,
        bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk@...nel.org>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] memory: brcmstb_dpfe: Fix memory leak

In brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(), memory is allocated to variable fw by
firmware_request_nowarn(), but never released. Fix up to release fw on
all return paths.

Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90@...il.com>
---
 drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c | 18 +++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
index 60e8633b1175..f24a9dc65f3c 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv)
 	const u32 *dmem, *imem;
 	struct init_data init;
 	const void *fw_blob;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Skip downloading the firmware if the DCPU is already running and
@@ -647,8 +647,10 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv)
 		return (ret == -ENOENT) ? -EPROBE_DEFER : ret;
 
 	ret = __verify_firmware(&init, fw);
-	if (ret)
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (ret) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto release_fw;
+	}
 
 	__disable_dcpu(priv);
 
@@ -667,18 +669,20 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv)
 
 	ret = __write_firmware(priv->dmem, dmem, dmem_size, is_big_endian);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto release_fw;
 	ret = __write_firmware(priv->imem, imem, imem_size, is_big_endian);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto release_fw;
 
 	ret = __verify_fw_checksum(&init, priv, header, init.chksum);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto release_fw;
 
 	__enable_dcpu(priv);
 
-	return 0;
+release_fw:
+	release_firmware(fw);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t generic_show(unsigned int command, u32 response[],
-- 
2.28.0