netdev - [PATCH] brcmsmac: mac80211_if: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path

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Message-Id: <8fbc171a1a493b38db5a6f0873c6021fca026a6c.1620852921.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Date:   Wed, 12 May 2021 22:58:30 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     aspriel@...il.com, franky.lin@...adcom.com,
        hante.meuleman@...adcom.com, chi-hsien.lin@...ineon.com,
        wright.feng@...ineon.com, chung-hsien.hsu@...ineon.com,
        davem@...emloft.net, kvalo@...eaurora.org, kuba@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com,
        SHA-cyfmac-dev-list@...ineon.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] brcmsmac: mac80211_if: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path

If 'brcms_attach()' fails, we must undo the previous 'ieee80211_alloc_hw()'
as already done in the remove function.

Fixes: 5b435de0d786 ("net: wireless: add brcm80211 drivers")
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
 .../wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c    | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
index 39f3af2d0439..eadac0f5590f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmsmac/mac80211_if.c
@@ -1220,6 +1220,7 @@ static int brcms_bcma_probe(struct bcma_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct brcms_info *wl;
 	struct ieee80211_hw *hw;
+	int ret;
 
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "mfg %x core %x rev %d class %d irq %d\n",
 		 pdev->id.manuf, pdev->id.id, pdev->id.rev, pdev->id.class,
@@ -1244,11 +1245,16 @@ static int brcms_bcma_probe(struct bcma_device *pdev)
 	wl = brcms_attach(pdev);
 	if (!wl) {
 		pr_err("%s: brcms_attach failed!\n", __func__);
-		return -ENODEV;
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto err_free_ieee80211;
 	}
 	brcms_led_register(wl);
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_free_ieee80211:
+	ieee80211_free_hw(hw);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int brcms_suspend(struct bcma_device *pdev)
-- 
2.30.2