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

Christian Engelmayer
2014-06-01T22:28:33Z

On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 13:30:43 +0200, Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@spectrumdigital.se> wrote:
> 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);

Hi Rickard,

This one doesn't apply either. Commit 55d4f6cc (staging: rtl8712: fix potential
leak in r871x_wx_set_enc_ext()) moved the input verification to the beginning
of the function so that the direct return no longer hurt. This change was also
already in flight at the time of Your first version of the patch in May.

Please check that Your patches are based on linux-next.

Best Regards,
Christian