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    Subject[PATCH 3.2 11/87] rtlwifi: fix memory leak for USB device
    3.2.77-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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    From: Peter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>

    commit 17bc55864f81dd730d05f09b1641312a7990d636 upstream.

    Free skb for received frames with a wrong checksum. This can happen
    pretty rapidly, exhausting all memory.

    This fixes a memleak (detected with kmemleak). Originally found while
    using monitor mode, but it also appears during managed mode (once the
    link is up).

    Signed-off-by: Peter Wu <peter@lekensteyn.nl>
    ACKed-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@lwfinger.net>
    Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org>
    [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust filename, context]
    Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
    ---
    drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c | 2 ++
    1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

    --- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
    +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtlwifi/usb.c
    @@ -500,6 +500,8 @@ static void _rtl_usb_rx_process_noagg(st
    } else {
    dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
    }
    + } else {
    + dev_kfree_skb_any(skb);
    }
    }

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