[PATCH] staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c: Cleaning up memory leak

Rickard Strandqvist
2014-06-01T11:29:53Z

There is a risk for memory leak in when something unexpected happens
and the function returns.

This was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
index 23d539d..27e0243 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
@@ -1822,6 +1822,7 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev,
alg_name = "CCMP";
break;
default:
+ kfree(param);
return -EINVAL;
}
strncpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN);
--
1.7.10.4