From: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx> new_ie is used as a temporary storage for the generation of the new elements. However, after copying from it the memory wasn't freed and leaked. Free it. Signed-off-by: Sara Sharon <sara.sharon@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/scan.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/wireless/scan.c b/net/wireless/scan.c index 46ecb10e85fb..287518c6caa4 100644 --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -1576,10 +1576,8 @@ cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans(struct wiphy *wiphy, if (!new_ie) return; new_ies = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_ies) + new_ie_len, gfp); - if (!new_ies) { - kfree(new_ie); - return; - } + if (!new_ies) + goto out_free; pos = new_ie; @@ -1613,6 +1611,9 @@ cfg80211_update_notlisted_nontrans(struct wiphy *wiphy, if (old) kfree_rcu((struct cfg80211_bss_ies *)old, rcu_head); } + +out_free: + kfree(new_ie); } /* cfg80211_inform_bss_width_frame helper */ -- 2.17.2