From: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 16:00:59 +0200 The kfree() function was called in two cases by the mac_ioctl() function during error handling even if the passed variable did not contain a pointer for a valid data item. * This implementation detail could be improved by the introduction of another jump label. * Drop an unnecessary initialisation for the variable "buff" then. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c index 2aa8d9b..f492310 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c +++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c @@ -2351,16 +2351,13 @@ int mac_close(struct net_device *ndev) int mac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd) { - - u8 *buff = NULL; + u8 *buff; s8 rssi; u32 size = 0, length = 0; perInterface_wlan_t *nic; struct WILC_WFI_priv *priv; s32 s32Error = WILC_SUCCESS; - - /* struct iwreq *wrq = (struct iwreq *) req; // tony moved to case SIOCSIWPRIV */ #ifdef USE_WIRELESS nic = netdev_priv(ndev); @@ -2405,7 +2402,7 @@ int mac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd) if (copy_to_user(wrq->u.data.pointer, buff, size)) { PRINT_ER("%s: failed to copy data to user buffer\n", __func__); s32Error = -EFAULT; - goto done; + goto free_buffer; } } } @@ -2420,8 +2417,9 @@ int mac_ioctl(struct net_device *ndev, struct ifreq *req, int cmd) } } -done: +free_buffer: kfree(buff); +done: return s32Error; } -- 2.4.4 -- 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