Re: [PATCH] staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c: Cleaning up memory leak

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On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 01:30:43PM +0200, Rickard Strandqvist wrote:
> There is a risk for memory leak in when something unexpected happens
> and the function returns.
> 
> This was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> index 23d539d..27e0243 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
> @@ -1822,6 +1822,7 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev,
>  		alg_name = "CCMP";
>  		break;
>  	default:
> +		kfree(param);

Wat?  Param isn't even allocated at this point.  It gets allocated a
couple lines later.

regards,
dan carpenter

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