Thu, Dec 08, 2022 at 01:26:30PM CET, shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>In the error path of ipw_wdev_init(), exception value is returned, and
>the memory applied for in the function is not released. Also the memory
>is not released in ipw_pci_probe(). As a result, memory leakage occurs.
>So memory release needs to be added to the error path of ipw_wdev_init().
>
>Fixes: a3caa99e6c68 ("libipw: initiate cfg80211 API conversion (v2)")
>Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>---
> drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c | 8 +++++++-
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
>index 5b483de18c81..cead5c7fc91e 100644
>--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
>+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/ipw2x00/ipw2200.c
>@@ -11397,9 +11397,15 @@ static int ipw_wdev_init(struct net_device *dev)
> set_wiphy_dev(wdev->wiphy, &priv->pci_dev->dev);
>
> /* With that information in place, we can now register the wiphy... */
>- if (wiphy_register(wdev->wiphy))
>+ if (wiphy_register(wdev->wiphy)) {
While you are at it, how about to take the actual return value of
wiphy_register() into account?
> rc = -EIO;
>+ goto out;
>+ }
>+
>+ return 0;
> out:
>+ kfree(priv->ieee->a_band.channels);
>+ kfree(priv->ieee->bg_band.channels);
> return rc;
> }
>
>--
>2.34.1
>
