On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 11:45 +0200, Christian Engelmayer wrote: > Fix a potential leak in the error path of r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(). In case the > requested algorithm is not supported by the driver, the function returns > without freeing the already allocated 'param' struct. Move the input > verification to the beginning of the function so that the direct return is > safe. Detected by Coverity - CID 144373. > One comment below. > Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@xxxxxx> > --- > Compile tested and applies against branch staging-next of tree > git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/staging.git > --- > drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c | 16 +++++++++------- > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c > index 23d539d..1eca992 100644 > --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c > +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c > @@ -1801,13 +1801,6 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev, > u32 param_len; > int ret = 0; > > - param_len = sizeof(struct ieee_param) + pext->key_len; > - param = (struct ieee_param *)_malloc(param_len); > - if (param == NULL) > - return -ENOMEM; > - memset(param, 0, param_len); > - param->cmd = IEEE_CMD_SET_ENCRYPTION; > - memset(param->sta_addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN); > switch (pext->alg) { > case IW_ENCODE_ALG_NONE: > alg_name = "none"; > @@ -1824,6 +1817,15 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev, > default: > return -EINVAL; > } > + > + param_len = sizeof(struct ieee_param) + pext->key_len; > + param = (struct ieee_param *)_malloc(param_len); While you are here could you substitute _malloc by kzalloc and remove explicit casting and memset? > + if (param == NULL) > + return -ENOMEM; > + memset(param, 0, param_len); > + param->cmd = IEEE_CMD_SET_ENCRYPTION; > + memset(param->sta_addr, 0xff, ETH_ALEN); > + > strncpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN); > if (pext->ext_flags & IW_ENCODE_EXT_GROUP_KEY) > param->u.crypt.set_tx = 0; -- Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Intel Finland Oy _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel