2015-09-27 19:48:25

by Mateusz Kulikowski

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Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723au: Fix resource leak

Firmware was not released properly if kmemdup fails.

Addresses-Coverity-Id: 1269118
Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <[email protected]>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
index cd014f7..ecf54ee 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
@@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ int rtl8723a_FirmwareDownload(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
goto Exit;
}
firmware_buf = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_KERNEL);
+ fw_size = fw->size;
+ release_firmware(fw);
if (!firmware_buf) {
rtStatus = _FAIL;
goto Exit;
}
buf = firmware_buf;
- fw_size = fw->size;
- release_firmware(fw);

/* To Check Fw header. Added by tynli. 2009.12.04. */
pFwHdr = (struct rt_8723a_firmware_hdr *)firmware_buf;
--
2.1.4



2015-09-28 11:27:52

by Sudip Mukherjee

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723au: Fix resource leak

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 09:48:19PM +0200, Mateusz Kulikowski wrote:
> Firmware was not released properly if kmemdup fails.
>
> Addresses-Coverity-Id: 1269118
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <[email protected]>
> ---
Not seen your v2 while replying to your v1. Sorry for the noise.

regards
sudip

2015-09-28 18:23:23

by Jes Sorensen

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] staging: rtl8723au: Fix resource leak

Mateusz Kulikowski <[email protected]> writes:
> Firmware was not released properly if kmemdup fails.
>
> Addresses-Coverity-Id: 1269118
> Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Jes Sorensen <[email protected]>

>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
> index cd014f7..ecf54ee 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723au/hal/rtl8723a_hal_init.c
> @@ -249,13 +249,13 @@ int rtl8723a_FirmwareDownload(struct rtw_adapter *padapter)
> goto Exit;
> }
> firmware_buf = kmemdup(fw->data, fw->size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + fw_size = fw->size;
> + release_firmware(fw);
> if (!firmware_buf) {
> rtStatus = _FAIL;
> goto Exit;
> }
> buf = firmware_buf;
> - fw_size = fw->size;
> - release_firmware(fw);
>
> /* To Check Fw header. Added by tynli. 2009.12.04. */
> pFwHdr = (struct rt_8723a_firmware_hdr *)firmware_buf;