[PATCH] Net, libertas: Resolve memory leak in if_spi_host_to_card()
Dan Williams
dcbw at redhat.com
Mon Nov 14 17:43:10 EST 2011
On Sun, 2011-11-13 at 22:14 +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> If we hit the default case in the switch in if_spi_host_to_card() we'll leak
> the memory we allocated for 'packet'. This patch resolves the leak by freeing
> the allocated memory in that case.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj at chaosbits.net>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dcbw at redhat.com>
> ---
> drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c | 1 +
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> Compile tested only due to lack of hardware.
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> index 11b69b3..728baa4 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/libertas/if_spi.c
> @@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ static int if_spi_host_to_card(struct lbs_private *priv,
> spin_unlock_irqrestore(&card->buffer_lock, flags);
> break;
> default:
> + kfree(packet);
> netdev_err(priv->dev, "can't transfer buffer of type %d\n",
> type);
> err = -EINVAL;
> --
> 1.7.7.3
>
>
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