Kmemleak reported this error:
unreferenced object 0xd73d1180 (size 184):
comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.245s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1e 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace:
[<5ca11420>] kmem_cache_alloc+0x20c/0x5ac
[<127bdd74>] __alloc_skb+0x144/0x170
[<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180
[<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211]
[<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211]
[<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx]
[<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211]
[<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211]
[<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378
[<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130
[<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44
[<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258
[<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428
[<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274
[<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4
[<69954f45>] __sys_sendmsg+0x64/0xa8
unreferenced object 0xce087000 (size 1024):
comm "wpa_supplicant", pid 1559, jiffies 13006305 (age 964.246s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
10 00 07 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...@............
backtrace:
[<9a993714>] __kmalloc_track_caller+0x230/0x600
[<f83ea192>] kmalloc_reserve.constprop.0+0x30/0x74
[<a2c61343>] __alloc_skb+0xa0/0x170
[<fb8a5e38>] __netdev_alloc_skb+0x50/0x180
[<0f9fa1d5>] __ieee80211_beacon_get+0x290/0x4d4 [mac80211]
[<7accd02d>] ieee80211_beacon_get_tim+0x54/0x18c [mac80211]
[<41e25cc3>] wfx_start_ap+0xc8/0x234 [wfx]
[<93a70356>] ieee80211_start_ap+0x404/0x6b4 [mac80211]
[<a4a661cd>] nl80211_start_ap+0x76c/0x9e0 [cfg80211]
[<47bd8b68>] genl_rcv_msg+0x198/0x378
[<453ef796>] netlink_rcv_skb+0xd0/0x130
[<6b7c977a>] genl_rcv+0x34/0x44
[<66b2d04d>] netlink_unicast+0x1b4/0x258
[<f965b9b6>] netlink_sendmsg+0x1e8/0x428
[<aadb8231>] ____sys_sendmsg+0x1e0/0x274
[<d2b5212d>] ___sys_sendmsg+0x80/0xb4
However, since the kernel is build optimized, it seems the stack is not
accurate. It appears the issue is related to wfx_set_mfp_ap(). The issue
is obvious in this function: memory allocated by ieee80211_beacon_get()
is never released. Fixing this leak makes kmemleak happy.
Reported-by: Ulrich Mohr <u.mohr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Ulrich Mohr <u.mohr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Mohr <u.mohr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 268bceec1684 ("staging: wfx: fix BA when device is AP and MFP is enabled")
Signed-off-by: Jérôme Pouiller <jerome.pouiller@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/sta.c | 15 ++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/sta.c b/drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/sta.c
index 537caf9d914a7..bb4446b88c12b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/sta.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/silabs/wfx/sta.c
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ static int wfx_set_mfp_ap(struct wfx_vif *wvif)
const int pairwise_cipher_suite_count_offset = 8 / sizeof(u16);
const int pairwise_cipher_suite_size = 4 / sizeof(u16);
const int akm_suite_size = 4 / sizeof(u16);
+ int ret = -EINVAL;
const u16 *ptr;
if (unlikely(!skb))
@@ -352,22 +353,26 @@ static int wfx_set_mfp_ap(struct wfx_vif *wvif)
ptr = (u16 *)cfg80211_find_ie(WLAN_EID_RSN, skb->data + ieoffset,
skb->len - ieoffset);
if (unlikely(!ptr))
- return -EINVAL;
+ goto free_skb;
ptr += pairwise_cipher_suite_count_offset;
if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ goto free_skb;
ptr += 1 + pairwise_cipher_suite_size * *ptr;
if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ goto free_skb;
ptr += 1 + akm_suite_size * *ptr;
if (WARN_ON(ptr > (u16 *)skb_tail_pointer(skb)))
- return -EINVAL;
+ goto free_skb;
wfx_hif_set_mfp(wvif, *ptr & BIT(7), *ptr & BIT(6));
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+
+free_skb:
+ dev_kfree_skb(skb);
+ return ret;
}
int wfx_start_ap(struct ieee80211_hw *hw, struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
--
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