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Subject[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 <jj@chaosbits.net>
---
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


PS. Please CC me on replies.

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