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* [PATCH][next] ath11k: fix memory leak of 'combinations'
@ 2020-10-06 17:42 Colin King
  2020-10-08 10:52 ` Kalle Valo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Colin King @ 2020-10-06 17:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kalle Valo, David S . Miller, Jakub Kicinski, ath11k,
	linux-wireless, netdev
  Cc: kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

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

Currently the error return path when 'limits' fails to allocate
does not free the memory allocated for 'combinations'. Fix this
by adding a kfree before returning.

Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
Fixes: 2626c269702e ("ath11k: add interface_modes to hw_params")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
index 3f63a7bd6b59..7f8dd47d2333 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mac.c
@@ -6041,8 +6041,10 @@ static int ath11k_mac_setup_iface_combinations(struct ath11k *ar)
 	n_limits = 2;
 
 	limits = kcalloc(n_limits, sizeof(*limits), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!limits)
+	if (!limits) {
+		kfree(combinations);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	limits[0].max = 1;
 	limits[0].types |= BIT(NL80211_IFTYPE_STATION);
-- 
2.27.0


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* Re: [PATCH][next] ath11k: fix memory leak of 'combinations'
  2020-10-06 17:42 [PATCH][next] ath11k: fix memory leak of 'combinations' Colin King
@ 2020-10-08 10:52 ` Kalle Valo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Kalle Valo @ 2020-10-08 10:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Colin King
  Cc: David S . Miller, Jakub Kicinski, ath11k, linux-wireless, netdev,
	kernel-janitors, linux-kernel

Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
> 
> Currently the error return path when 'limits' fails to allocate
> does not free the memory allocated for 'combinations'. Fix this
> by adding a kfree before returning.
> 
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: 2626c269702e ("ath11k: add interface_modes to hw_params")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

Alex already sent an identical patch:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvalo/wireless-drivers-next.git/commit/?id=8431350eee2e27ae60f5250e0437ab298329070e

Patch set to Superseded.

-- 
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11819025/

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches


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