[PATCH] rsi: Fix possible leak when loading firmware

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2 messages, 2 authors, 2015-08-25 · open the first message on its own page

[PATCH] rsi: Fix possible leak when loading firmware

From: Christian Engelmayer <hidden>
Date: 2015-08-21 21:14:55

Commit 5d5cd85ff441 ("rsi: Fix failure to load firmware after memory
leak fix and fix the leak") also added a check on the allocation of
DMA-accessible memory that may directly return. In that case the
already allocated firmware data is leaked. Make sure the data is
always freed correctly. Detected by Coverity CID 1316519.

Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <redacted>
---
Compile tested only.
---
 drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_sdio_ops.c | 8 ++++++--
 drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_usb_ops.c  | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_sdio_ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_sdio_ops.c
index 1c6788aecc62..40d72312f3df 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_sdio_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_sdio_ops.c
@@ -203,8 +203,10 @@ static int rsi_load_ta_instructions(struct rsi_common *common)
 
 	/* Copy firmware into DMA-accessible memory */
 	fw = kmemdup(fw_entry->data, fw_entry->size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fw)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!fw) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	len = fw_entry->size;
 
 	if (len % 4)
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@ static int rsi_load_ta_instructions(struct rsi_common *common)
 
 	status = rsi_copy_to_card(common, fw, len, num_blocks);
 	kfree(fw);
+
+out:
 	release_firmware(fw_entry);
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_usb_ops.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_usb_ops.c
index 30c2cf7fa93b..de4900862836 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_usb_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_usb_ops.c
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ static int rsi_load_ta_instructions(struct rsi_common *common)
 
 	/* Copy firmware into DMA-accessible memory */
 	fw = kmemdup(fw_entry->data, fw_entry->size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!fw)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!fw) {
+		status = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
 	len = fw_entry->size;
 
 	if (len % 4)
@@ -162,6 +164,8 @@ static int rsi_load_ta_instructions(struct rsi_common *common)
 
 	status = rsi_copy_to_card(common, fw, len, num_blocks);
 	kfree(fw);
+
+out:
 	release_firmware(fw_entry);
 	return status;
 }
-- 
1.9.1

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Re: rsi: Fix possible leak when loading firmware

From: Kalle Valo <hidden>
Date: 2015-08-25 12:38:06

Commit 5d5cd85ff441 ("rsi: Fix failure to load firmware after memory
leak fix and fix the leak") also added a check on the allocation of
DMA-accessible memory that may directly return. In that case the
already allocated firmware data is leaked. Make sure the data is
always freed correctly. Detected by Coverity CID 1316519.

Fixes: 5d5cd85ff441 ("rsi: Fix failure to load firmware after memory leak fix and fix the leak")
Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <redacted>
Thanks, applied to wireless-drivers-next.git.

Kalle Valo
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