From: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
To: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>
Cc: arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
brcm80211@lists.linux.dev, brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@broadcom.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Fix memory leak in brcmf_sdio_read_control()
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 10:38:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260802083905.3819981-2-arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260722110713.115988-1-nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>
On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:37:12 +0530, Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in> wrote:
> The memory allocated for buf is not freed in some of the error paths in
> brcmf_sdio_read_control(). Fix that by adding vfree() calls.
>
> Fixes: dd43a01c5cdb ("brcmfmac: use dynamically allocated control frame buffer")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in>
> ---
> Compile tested only. Issue found using static analysis.
>
> drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
To be applied to wireless tree.
Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@broadcom.com>
Regards,
Arend
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-02 8:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-22 11:07 [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Fix memory leak in brcmf_sdio_read_control() Abdun Nihaal
2026-08-02 8:38 ` Arend van Spriel [this message]
2026-08-02 16:41 ` Johannes Berg
2026-08-02 16:44 ` Johannes Berg
2026-08-03 5:44 ` Arend van Spriel
2026-08-03 8:21 ` Arend van Spriel
2026-08-03 8:35 ` Johannes Berg
2026-08-03 8:54 ` Arend van Spriel
2026-08-03 8:57 ` Johannes Berg
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