Freeing netdev without free_netdev() leads to net, tx leaks. I might lead to dereferencing freed pointer. The semantic match that finds this problem is as follows: (http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/) @@ struct net_device* dev; @@ -kfree(dev) +free_netdev(dev) --- Compile tested. drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c index e2a7ad0..954bece 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_netdev.c @@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ void wl_wds_device_dealloc( struct wl_private *lp ) dev_wds->flags &= ~( IFF_UP | IFF_RUNNING ); } - kfree( dev_wds ); + free_netdev(dev_wds); lp->wds_port[count].dev = NULL; } } -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
