# \[PATCH\] mac80211: fix memory leak

- From: Sudip Mukherjee \<sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2016-01-29 09:49:16 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2016/01/4672813
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linux-wireless/2016/01/4672813/t.md

```text
On error we jumped to the error label and returned the error code but we
missed releasing sinfo.

Signed-off-by: Sudip Mukherjee <redacted>
---
 net/mac80211/sta_info.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
index 6c198e6..36e75c4 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/sta_info.c
@@ -561,6 +561,7 @@ static int sta_info_insert_finish(struct sta_info *sta) __acquires(RCU)
 	__cleanup_single_sta(sta);
  out_err:
 	mutex_unlock(&local->sta_mtx);
+	kfree(sinfo);
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	return err;
 }
-- 
1.9.1
```