linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mtd: parsers: Fix memory leak in mtd_parser_tplink_safeloader

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Message-Id: <176909094718.3112602.6286521531293114573.b4-ty@bootlin.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:09:07 +0100
From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>
To: Zilin Guan <zilin@....edu.cn>
Cc: richard@....at, vigneshr@...com, linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org, 
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jianhao.xu@....edu.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mtd: parsers: Fix memory leak in
 mtd_parser_tplink_safeloader_parse()

On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:09:50 +0000, Zilin Guan wrote:
> The function mtd_parser_tplink_safeloader_parse() allocates buf via
> mtd_parser_tplink_safeloader_read_table(). If the allocation for
> parts[idx].name fails inside the loop, the code jumps to the err_free
> label without freeing buf, leading to a memory leak.
> 
> Fix this by freeing the temporary buffer buf in the err_free label.
> 
> [...]

Applied to mtd/next, thanks!

[1/1] mtd: parsers: Fix memory leak in mtd_parser_tplink_safeloader_parse()
      commit: 980ce2b02dd06a4fdf5fee38b2e14becf9cf7b8b

Patche(s) should be available on mtd/linux.git and will be
part of the next PR (provided that no robot complains by then).

Kind regards,
Miquèl