netdev - [PATCH] wimax/i2400m: fix a memory leak bug

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Date:   Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:05:01 -0500
From:   Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
To:     Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
Cc:     Inaky Perez-Gonzalez <inaky.perez-gonzalez@...el.com>,
        linux-wimax@...el.com (supporter:INTEL WIRELESS WIMAX CONNECTION 2400),
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:NETWORKING DRIVERS),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] wimax/i2400m: fix a memory leak bug

In i2400m_barker_db_init(), 'options_orig' is allocated through kstrdup()
to hold the original command line options. Then, the options are parsed.
However, if an error occurs during the parsing process, 'options_orig' is
not deallocated, leading to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free
'options_orig' before returning the error.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
---
 drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
index e9fc168..6b36f6d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/fw.c
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ int i2400m_barker_db_init(const char *_options)
 				       "a 32-bit number\n",
 				       __func__, token);
 				result = -EINVAL;
+				kfree(options_orig);
 				goto error_parse;
 			}
 			if (barker == 0) {
@@ -350,8 +351,10 @@ int i2400m_barker_db_init(const char *_options)
 				continue;
 			}
 			result = i2400m_barker_db_add(barker);
-			if (result < 0)
+			if (result < 0) {
+				kfree(options_orig);
 				goto error_add;
+			}
 		}
 		kfree(options_orig);
 	}
-- 
2.7.4