Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2017-09-03

Re: [PATCH][next] net/mlx4_core: fix memory leaks on error exit path

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From: Tariq Toukan <hidden>
Date: 2017-09-03 07:20:11
Also in: kernel-janitors, linux-rdma, lkml

On 31/08/2017 7:30 PM, Colin King wrote:
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From: Colin Ian King <redacted>

The structures hca_param and func_cap are not being kfree'd on an error
exit path causing two memory leaks. Fix this by jumping to the existing
free memory error exit path.

Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1455219, CID#1455224 ("Resource Leak")

Fixes: c73c8b1e47ca ("net/mlx4_core: Dynamically allocate structs at mlx4_slave_cap")
Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <redacted>
---
  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c | 3 ++-
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
index 1c92101b3ec2..d46f3283ec36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/main.c
@@ -977,7 +977,8 @@ static int mlx4_slave_cap(struct mlx4_dev *dev)
  	if (dev->caps.num_ports > MLX4_MAX_PORTS) {
  		mlx4_err(dev, "HCA has %d ports, but we only support %d, aborting\n",
  			 dev->caps.num_ports, MLX4_MAX_PORTS);
-		return -ENODEV;
+		err = -ENODEV;
+		goto free_mem;
  	}
  
  	mlx4_replace_zero_macs(dev);
Acked-by: Tariq Toukan <redacted>

Thanks Colin!
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