If i < slot_id is initially true then it will remain true. Also, as i is being decremented it will end up accessing memory out of bounds. Fix this by incrementing *i* instead of decrementing it. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1468454 ("Infinite loop") Fixes: faa657641081 ("staging: wilc1000: refactor scan() to free kmalloc memory on failure cases") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- BTW... at first sight it seems to me that variables slot_id and i should be of type unsigned instead of signed. drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c index 3ca0c97..67104e8 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c @@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ wilc_wfi_cfg_alloc_fill_ssid(struct cfg80211_scan_request *request, out_free: - for (i = 0; i < slot_id ; i--) + for (i = 0; i < slot_id; i++) kfree(ntwk->net_info[i].ssid); kfree(ntwk->net_info); -- 2.7.4 _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel