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Re: [PATCH] ath11k: mhi: fix potential memory leak in ath11k_mhi_register()

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On 9/7/2022 12:37 AM, Jianglei Nie wrote:
mhi_alloc_controller() allocates a memory space for mhi_ctrl. When gets
some error, mhi_ctrl should be freed with mhi_free_controller(). But
when ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt() fails, the function returns without
calling mhi_free_controller(), which will lead to a memory leak.

We can fix it by calling mhi_free_controller() when
ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt() fails.

Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@xxxxxxx>

I believe this should have been annotated as -v2 to the following:
<https://lore.kernel.org/ath11k/20220526100227.483609-1-niejianglei2021@xxxxxxx/>

Please properly annotate follow-up patches.

Also please add wifi: to the beginning of the subject prefix


---
  drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
index c44df17719f6..86995e8dc913 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath11k/mhi.c
@@ -402,8 +402,7 @@ int ath11k_mhi_register(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
  	ret = ath11k_mhi_get_msi(ab_pci);
  	if (ret) {
  		ath11k_err(ab, "failed to get msi for mhi\n");
-		mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
-		return ret;
+		goto free_controller;
  	}
if (!test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_MULTI_MSI_VECTORS, &ab->dev_flags))
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ int ath11k_mhi_register(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
  	if (test_bit(ATH11K_FLAG_FIXED_MEM_RGN, &ab->dev_flags)) {
  		ret = ath11k_mhi_read_addr_from_dt(mhi_ctrl);
  		if (ret < 0)
-			return ret;
+			goto free_controller;
  	} else {
  		mhi_ctrl->iova_start = 0;
  		mhi_ctrl->iova_stop = 0xFFFFFFFF;
@@ -440,18 +439,22 @@ int ath11k_mhi_register(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)
  	default:
  		ath11k_err(ab, "failed assign mhi_config for unknown hw rev %d\n",
  			   ab->hw_rev);
-		mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
-		return -EINVAL;
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto free_controller;
  	}
ret = mhi_register_controller(mhi_ctrl, ath11k_mhi_config);
  	if (ret) {
  		ath11k_err(ab, "failed to register to mhi bus, err = %d\n", ret);
-		mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
-		return ret;
+		goto free_controller;
  	}
return 0;
+
+free_controller:
+	mhi_free_controller(mhi_ctrl);
+	ab_pci->mhi_ctrl = NULL;
+	return ret;
  }
void ath11k_mhi_unregister(struct ath11k_pci *ab_pci)

Reviewed-by: Jeff Johnson <quic_jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx>




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