From: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
To: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>,
Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: rtlwifi: rtl8192ee: Fix memory leak when loading firmware
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 12:44:59 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170920124500.0117C6070F@smtp.codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170914181744.8216-1-Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net> wrote:
> In routine rtl92ee_set_fw_rsvdpagepkt(), the driver allocates an skb, but
> never calls rtl_cmd_send_packet(), which will free the buffer. All other
> rtlwifi drivers perform this operation correctly.
>
> This problem has been in the driver since it was included in the kernel.
> Fortunately, each firmware load only leaks 4 buffers, which likely
> explains why it has not previously been detected.
>
> Cc: Stable <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.18+
> Signed-off-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers-next.git, thanks.
519ce2f933fa rtlwifi: rtl8192ee: Fix memory leak when loading firmware
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https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9953677/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/documentation/submittingpatches
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2017-09-14 18:17 [PATCH] rtlwifi: rtl8192ee: Fix memory leak when loading firmware Larry Finger
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