smatch reported dereferencing freed memory as below:
'''
drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c:1196 tps6598x_apply_patch() error: dereferencing freed memory 'fw'
'''
Invoking release_firware(fw) just after checking ret.
Signed-off-by: Dipendra Khadka <kdipendra88@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c
index ea768b19a7f1..eb5596e3406a 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tipd/core.c
@@ -1191,11 +1191,11 @@ static int tps6598x_apply_patch(struct tps6598x *tps)
dev_info(tps->dev, "Firmware update succeeded\n");
release_fw:
- release_firmware(fw);
if (ret) {
dev_err(tps->dev, "Failed to write patch %s of %zu bytes\n",
firmware_name, fw->size);
}
+ release_firmware(fw);
return ret;
};
--
2.43.0
