[PATCH] brcm80211: Don't leak 'vbuffer' in brcmf_sdbrcm_write_vars()

If the memory allocation 'nvram_ularray = kmalloc(varsize,
GFP_ATOMIC);' fails we'll leak the memory allocated to 'vbuffer' when
we return -ENOMEM from the function.

This patch resolves the leak by kfree()'ing the allocated memory
before the return.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

  compile tested only.

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
index 5a002a2..f7eeee1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/brcm80211/brcmfmac/dhd_sdio.c

@@ -3119,8 +3119,10 @@ static int brcmf_sdbrcm_write_vars(struct brcmf_sdio *bus)
 		/* Verify NVRAM bytes */
 		brcmf_dbg(INFO, "Compare NVRAM dl & ul; varsize=%d\n", varsize);
 		nvram_ularray = kmalloc(varsize, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!nvram_ularray)
+		if (!nvram_ularray) {
+			kfree(vbuffer);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
 		/* Upload image to verify downloaded contents. */
 		memset(nvram_ularray, 0xaa, varsize);

-- 
1.7.8.1



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On 01/08/2012 11:41 PM, Jesper Juhl wrote:

If the memory allocation 'nvram_ularray = kmalloc(varsize,
GFP_ATOMIC);' fails we'll leak the memory allocated to 'vbuffer' when
we return -ENOMEM from the function.

This patch resolves the leak by kfree()'ing the allocated memory
before the return.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <redacted>

Nice catch. Thanks.

Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <redacted>

Gr. AvS