Re: [PATCH] usb : Free previuos allocated memory when function call fails

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On Tue, 8 Nov 2016, Souptick Joarder wrote:

> In usb_parse_interface() when usb_parse_endpoint() fails it returns
> error whithout freeing alt->endpoint and we may have a memory leak.
> Fix this by freeing alt->endpoint before return.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Souptick joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>

NAK.  alt->endpoint is deallocated in usb_release_interface_cache() 
even if usb_parse_endpoint() fails.

Alan Stern

> ---
>  drivers/usb/core/config.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/config.c b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> index a2d90ac..6f599b6 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/core/config.c
> @@ -492,8 +492,10 @@ static int usb_parse_interface(struct device *ddev, int cfgno,
>  			break;
>  		retval = usb_parse_endpoint(ddev, cfgno, inum, asnum, alt,
>  		    num_ep, buffer, size);
> -		if (retval < 0)
> +		if (retval < 0) {
> +			kfree(alt->endpoint);
>  			return retval;
> +		}
>  		++n;
>  
>  		buffer += retval;
> 

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