This patch does fix inappropriate memory freeing in case
of requested rate_control_ops was not found. In this case
the list head entity is going to be accidently wasted.
Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
index 3260a4a..c3f2783 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_rate.c
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ void ieee80211_rate_control_unregister(struct rate_control_ops *ops)
list_for_each_entry(alg, &rate_ctrl_algs, list) {
if (alg->ops == ops) {
list_del(&alg->list);
+ kfree(alg);
break;
}
}
mutex_unlock(&rate_ctrl_mutex);
- kfree(alg);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(ieee80211_rate_control_unregister);
--
1.5.3.5
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