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Subject[PATCH] Net, libertas: Resolve memory leak in if_spi_host_to_card()
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@chaosbits.net>
---
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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