Line 5961 (#1) allocates a memory chunk for input by kmalloc(). Line 5966 (#2), line 5982 (#4) and line 5987 (#5) free the input before the function returns while line 5979 (#3) forget to free it, which will lead to a memory leak. We should kfree() input in line 5979 (#3). 5953 static int rtw_mp_pwrtrk(struct net_device *dev, 5954 struct iw_request_info *info, 5955 struct iw_point *wrqu, char *extra) 5956 { 5961 char *input = kmalloc(wrqu->length, GFP_KERNEL); // #1: kmalloc space 5963 if (!input) 5964 return -ENOMEM; 5965 if (copy_from_user(input, wrqu->pointer, wrqu->length)) { 5966 kfree(input); // #2: kfree space 5967 return -EFAULT; 5968 } 5973 if (strncmp(input, "stop", 4) == 0) { 5974 enable = 0; 5975 sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking stop"); 5976 } else if (sscanf(input, "ther =%d", &thermal)) { 5977 ret = Hal_SetThermalMeter(padapter, (u8)thermal); 5978 if (ret == _FAIL) 5979 return -EPERM; // #3: missing kfree 5980 sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking start, target value =%d ok ", thermal); 5981 } else { 5982 kfree(input); // #4: kfree space 5983 return -EINVAL; 5984 } 5987 kfree(input); // #5: kfree space 5993 return 0; 5994 } Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c index 1fd375076001..8f9e0f12c51f 100644 --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c @@ -5975,8 +5975,10 @@ static int rtw_mp_pwrtrk(struct net_device *dev, sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking stop"); } else if (sscanf(input, "ther =%d", &thermal)) { ret = Hal_SetThermalMeter(padapter, (u8)thermal); - if (ret == _FAIL) + if (ret == _FAIL) { + kfree(input); return -EPERM; + } sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking start, target value =%d ok ", thermal); } else { kfree(input); -- 2.25.1