Thread (6 messages) 6 messages, 2 authors, 2013-01-09

Re: [PATCH] ath9k_htc: Fix skb leaks

From: Sujith Manoharan <hidden>
Date: 2013-01-02 04:39:26
Also in: lkml, netdev, stable

Larry Finger wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
index 4a9570d..a304748 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c
@@ -278,10 +278,12 @@ int htc_connect_service(struct htc_target *target,
 	if (!time_left) {
 		dev_err(target->dev, "Service connection timeout for: %d\n",
 			service_connreq->service_id);
-		return -ETIMEDOUT;
+		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
+		goto err;
 	}
 
 	*conn_rsp_epid = target->conn_rsp_epid;
+	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return 0;
 err:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
The allocated skb should be freed in the TX completion hander,
ath9k_htc_txcompletion_cb() - doing it in htc_connect_service() is wrong, I think.

Sujith
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