| Message ID | 20250330103425.44197-1-abdun.nihaal@gmail.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | Accepted |
| Delegated to: | Johannes Berg |
| Headers | show |
| Series | [v2] wifi: brcmfmac: fix memory leak in brcmf_get_module_param | expand |
> The memory allocated for settings is not freed when brcmf_of_probe > fails. Fix that by freeing settings before returning in error path. failed? Would you like to append parentheses to any function names? Regards, Markus
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c index cfcf01eb0daa..f26e4679e4ff 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c @@ -561,8 +561,10 @@ struct brcmf_mp_device *brcmf_get_module_param(struct device *dev, if (!found) { /* No platform data for this device, try OF and DMI data */ brcmf_dmi_probe(settings, chip, chiprev); - if (brcmf_of_probe(dev, bus_type, settings) == -EPROBE_DEFER) + if (brcmf_of_probe(dev, bus_type, settings) == -EPROBE_DEFER) { + kfree(settings); return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER); + } brcmf_acpi_probe(dev, bus_type, settings); } return settings;
The memory allocated for settings is not freed when brcmf_of_probe fails. Fix that by freeing settings before returning in error path. Fixes: 0ff0843310b7 ("wifi: brcmfmac: Add optional lpo clock enable support") Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <abdun.nihaal@gmail.com> --- V1 -> V2 : Add subsystem name in commit header as suggested by Arend drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/common.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)