linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8712: Fix memory leak in r8712_init_recv

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Message-ID: <YKfnjYAsNzbfJh1d@kroah.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 May 2021 19:02:05 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@...il.com>
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com,
        rkovhaev@...il.com, straube.linux@...il.com,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+1c46f3771695bccbdb3a@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8712: Fix memory leak in
 r8712_init_recv_priv

On Sat, May 22, 2021 at 12:25:19AM +0800, Dongliang Mu wrote:
> r871xu_dev_remove failed to call r8712_free_drv_sw() and free the
> resource (e.g., struct urb) due to the failure of firmware loading.
> 
> Fix this by invoking r8712_free_drv_sw at the failure site.
> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+1c46f3771695bccbdb3a@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Fixes: b4383c971bc5 ("staging: rtl8712: handle firmware load failure")
> Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@...il.com>
> ---
> v1->v2: fix the initialization of pnetdev
> 
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c | 9 +++++++--
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> index dc21e7743349..57e773464e18 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/usb_intf.c
> @@ -593,13 +593,14 @@ static void r871xu_dev_remove(struct usb_interface *pusb_intf)
>  	struct usb_device *udev = interface_to_usbdev(pusb_intf);
>  
>  	if (pnetdev) {
> +		struct net_device *newpnetdev = NULL;
>  		struct _adapter *padapter = netdev_priv(pnetdev);
>  
>  		/* never exit with a firmware callback pending */
>  		wait_for_completion(&padapter->rtl8712_fw_ready);
> -		pnetdev = usb_get_intfdata(pusb_intf);
> +		newpnetdev = usb_get_intfdata(pusb_intf);

Please learn a bit more C knowledge before messing around in the kernel
tree.  Between the mistake in this chunk you added, and the mistake in
the previous submission, I think you need more experience here as there
are some things you still need to learn.

Best of luck!

greg k-h