If kmemdup() fails we leak the memory allocated to bss_desc.
This patch fixes the leak.
I also removed the pointless default assignment of 'NULL' to 'bss_desc'
while I was there anyway.
Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c | 3 ++-
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
note: patch is compile tested only since I don't have the hardware.
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
index dae8dbb..8a3f959 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mwifiex/scan.c
@@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *bssid,
s32 rssi, const u8 *ie_buf, size_t ie_len,
u16 beacon_period, u16 cap_info_bitmap, u8 band)
{
- struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc = NULL;
+ struct mwifiex_bssdescriptor *bss_desc;
int ret;
unsigned long flags;
u8 *beacon_ie;
@@ -1484,6 +1484,7 @@ mwifiex_update_curr_bss_params(struct mwifiex_private *priv, u8 *bssid,
beacon_ie = kmemdup(ie_buf, ie_len, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!beacon_ie) {
+ kfree(bss_desc);
dev_err(priv->adapter->dev, " failed to alloc beacon_ie\n");
return -ENOMEM;
}
--
1.7.7.2
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