netdev - [PATCH] mwifiex: fix memory leak on regd when chan is zero

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2016 17:21:17 +0100
From:   Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Amitkumar Karwar <akarwar@...vell.com>,
        Nishant Sarmukadam <nishants@...vell.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mwifiex: fix memory leak on regd when chan is zero

From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>

When chan is zero mwifiex_create_custom_regdomain does not kfree
regd and we have a memory leak. Fix this by freeing regd before
the return.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c
index 3344a26..15a91f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/sta_cmdresp.c
@@ -1049,8 +1049,10 @@ mwifiex_create_custom_regdomain(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
 		enum nl80211_band band;
 
 		chan = *buf++;
-		if (!chan)
+		if (!chan) {
+			kfree(regd);
 			return NULL;
+		}
 		chflags = *buf++;
 		band = (chan <= 14) ? NL80211_BAND_2GHZ : NL80211_BAND_5GHZ;
 		freq = ieee80211_channel_to_frequency(chan, band);
-- 
2.9.3