2024-05-26 12:42:59

by Baochen Qiang

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Subject: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_dp_rx_peer_frag_setup()

Currently the resource allocated by crypto_alloc_shash() is not
freed in case ath12k_peer_find() fails, resulting in memory leak.

Add crypto_free_shash() to fix it.

This is found during code review, compile tested only.

Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <[email protected]>
---
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_rx.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_rx.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_rx.c
index a52b7b273540..cb1f308f096b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_rx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/dp_rx.c
@@ -2742,6 +2742,7 @@ int ath12k_dp_rx_peer_frag_setup(struct ath12k *ar, const u8 *peer_mac, int vdev
peer = ath12k_peer_find(ab, vdev_id, peer_mac);
if (!peer) {
spin_unlock_bh(&ab->base_lock);
+ crypto_free_shash(tfm);
ath12k_warn(ab, "failed to find the peer to set up fragment info\n");
return -ENOENT;
}

base-commit: f8320064a28242448eeb9fece08abd865ea8a226
--
2.25.1



2024-05-28 16:13:48

by Jeff Johnson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_dp_rx_peer_frag_setup()

On 5/26/2024 5:42 AM, Baochen Qiang wrote:
> Currently the resource allocated by crypto_alloc_shash() is not
> freed in case ath12k_peer_find() fails, resulting in memory leak.
>
> Add crypto_free_shash() to fix it.
>
> This is found during code review, compile tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>


2024-05-30 16:12:57

by Kalle Valo

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_dp_rx_peer_frag_setup()

Baochen Qiang <[email protected]> wrote:

> Currently the resource allocated by crypto_alloc_shash() is not
> freed in case ath12k_peer_find() fails, resulting in memory leak.
>
> Add crypto_free_shash() to fix it.
>
> This is found during code review, compile tested only.
>
> Signed-off-by: Baochen Qiang <[email protected]>
> Acked-by: Jeff Johnson <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <[email protected]>

Patch applied to ath-next branch of ath.git, thanks.

3d6004154318 wifi: ath12k: fix memory leak in ath12k_dp_rx_peer_frag_setup()

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