Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A firmware is requested but never released in this function. This leads to
> a memory leak in the normal execution path.
>
> Add the missing 'release_firmware()' call.
> Also introduce a temp variable (new_len) in order to keep the value of
> 'pnvm->size' after the firmware has been released.
>
> Fixes: cdda18fbbefa ("iwlwifi: pnvm: move file loading code to a separate function")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Luca Coelho <luca@xxxxxxxxx>
Patch applied to wireless-drivers.git, thanks.
45010c080e6e iwlwifi: pnvm: Fix a memory leak in 'iwl_pnvm_get_from_fs()'
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