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SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: rtl8192e: rtllib_module: Fix memory leak in alloc_rtllib
Hi Johan,

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 7:23 AM Johan Hovold <johan@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 05:05:58PM -0600, Navid Emamdoost wrote:
> > In the implementation of alloc_rtllib() the allocated dev is leaked in
> > case of ieee->pHTInfo allocation failure. Release via free_netdev(dev).
> >
> > Fixes: 6869a11bff1d ("Staging: rtl8192e: Use !x instead of x == NULL")
>
> This is not the commit that introduced this issue.
Oops! That should be 94a799425eee8

>
> > Signed-off-by: Navid Emamdoost <navid.emamdoost@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c
> > index 64d9feee1f39..18d898714c5c 100644
> > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c
> > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_module.c
> > @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ struct net_device *alloc_rtllib(int sizeof_priv)
> >
> > ieee->pHTInfo = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rt_hi_throughput), GFP_KERNEL);
> > if (!ieee->pHTInfo)
> > - return NULL;
> > + goto failed;
>
> And you're still leaking ieee->networks and possibly a bunch of other
> allocations here. You need to call at least rtllib_networks_free() in
> the error path.
I'm not familiar with this code, but based on your hint I believe
there should be something like free_rtllib() here, right?
More specifically, rtllib_softmac_free() and
lib80211_crypt_info_free() are needed along with
rtllib_networks_free(). If you confirm that it works I can go ahead to
prepare patch v2 with these releases.

>
> >
> > HTUpdateDefaultSetting(ieee);
> > HTInitializeHTInfo(ieee);
>
> Johan



--
Navid.

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