[PATCH] bnx2x: fix mem leak when command is unknown

Subsystems: broadcom bnx2x 10 gigabit ethernet driver, networking drivers, the rest

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3 messages, 3 authors, 2012-08-02 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] bnx2x: fix mem leak when command is unknown

From: Jesper Juhl <hidden>
Date: 2012-07-31 21:39:39

In bnx2x_mcast_enqueue_cmd() we'll leak the memory allocated to
'new_cmd' if we hit the deafault case of the 'switch (cmd)'.
Add a 'kfree(new_cmd)' to that case to avoid the leak.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

  note: due to lack of hardware this patch is compile tested only.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
index 734fd87..62f754b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
@@ -2485,6 +2485,7 @@ static int bnx2x_mcast_enqueue_cmd(struct bnx2x *bp,
 		break;
 
 	default:
+		kfree(new_cmd);
 		BNX2X_ERR("Unknown command: %d\n", cmd);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-- 
1.7.11.3


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Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: fix mem leak when command is unknown

From: Dmitry Kravkov <hidden>
Date: 2012-08-01 07:41:23

On Tue, 2012-07-31 at 23:39 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote:
quoted hunk
In bnx2x_mcast_enqueue_cmd() we'll leak the memory allocated to
'new_cmd' if we hit the deafault case of the 'switch (cmd)'.
Add a 'kfree(new_cmd)' to that case to avoid the leak.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <redacted>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

  note: due to lack of hardware this patch is compile tested only.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
index 734fd87..62f754b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c
@@ -2485,6 +2485,7 @@ static int bnx2x_mcast_enqueue_cmd(struct bnx2x *bp,
 		break;
 
 	default:
+		kfree(new_cmd);
 		BNX2X_ERR("Unknown command: %d\n", cmd);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-- 
1.7.11.3
Thanks a lot, Jesper.

Acked-by: Dmitry Kravkov <redacted>

Re: [PATCH] bnx2x: fix mem leak when command is unknown

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2012-08-02 07:21:09

From: Jesper Juhl <redacted>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 23:39:37 +0200 (CEST)
In bnx2x_mcast_enqueue_cmd() we'll leak the memory allocated to
'new_cmd' if we hit the deafault case of the 'switch (cmd)'.
Add a 'kfree(new_cmd)' to that case to avoid the leak.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <redacted>
Applied.
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