netdev - [PATCH] ath6kl: fix memory leak in ath6kl_fwlog_block

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1204112239070.2137@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:41:36 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Robert Love <rlove@...gle.com>,
	"John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>,
	Kalle Valo <kvalo@....qualcomm.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ath6kl: fix memory leak in ath6kl_fwlog_block_read()

If, in
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c::ath6kl_fwlog_block_read(),
the call to wait_for_completion_interruptible() returns -ERESTARTSYS
then we'll return without freeing the (as yet unused) memory we
allocated for 'buf' - thus leaking it.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c
index d01403a..34eb927 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath6kl/debug.c
@@ -401,8 +401,10 @@ static ssize_t ath6kl_fwlog_block_read(struct file *file,
 
 		ret = wait_for_completion_interruptible(
 			&ar->debug.fwlog_completion);
-		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
+		if (ret == -ERESTARTSYS) {
+			vfree(buf);
 			return ret;
+		}
 
 		spin_lock(&ar->debug.fwlog_queue.lock);
 	}
-- 
1.7.10


PS. Please CC me on replies.

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