This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
rtlwifi: Fix memory leak when firmware request fails
to the 4.12-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
rtlwifi-fix-memory-leak-when-firmware-request-fails.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.12 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From f2764f61fa10593204b0c5e4e9a68dba02112e50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 19:55:06 +0530
Subject: rtlwifi: Fix memory leak when firmware request fails
From: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
commit f2764f61fa10593204b0c5e4e9a68dba02112e50 upstream.
This patch will fix memory leak when firmware request fails
Signed-off-by: Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kalle Valo <kvalo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/sw.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c | 4 ++++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/sw.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ee/sw.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/sw.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/sw.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c | 2 ++
drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c | 6 ++++++
9 files changed, 24 insertions(+)
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8188ee/sw.c
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ int rtl88e_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211
rtl_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_info("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ce/sw.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ int rtl92c_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211
rtl_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192cu/sw.c
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ static int rtl92cu_init_sw_vars(struct i
err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, 1,
fw_name, rtlpriv->io.dev,
GFP_KERNEL, hw, rtl_fw_cb);
+ if (err) {
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
+ }
return err;
}
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192de/sw.c
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ static int rtl92d_init_sw_vars(struct ie
rtl_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ee/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192ee/sw.c
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ int rtl92ee_init_sw_vars(struct ieee8021
rtl_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192se/sw.c
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ static int rtl92s_init_sw_vars(struct ie
rtl92se_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723ae/sw.c
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ int rtl8723e_init_sw_vars(struct ieee802
rtl_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
return 0;
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8723be/sw.c
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ int rtl8723be_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80
rtl_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
}
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8821ae/sw.c
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ int rtl8821ae_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80
rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware = vzalloc(0x8000);
if (!rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware) {
pr_err("Can't alloc buffer for wowlan fw.\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
+ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL;
return 1;
}
@@ -222,6 +224,8 @@ int rtl8821ae_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80
rtl_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request normal firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware);
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
return 1;
}
}
@@ -233,6 +237,8 @@ int rtl8821ae_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80
rtl_wowlan_fw_cb);
if (err) {
pr_err("Failed to request wowlan firmware!\n");
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.wowlan_firmware);
+ vfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware);
return 1;
}
return 0;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from jrdr.linux@xxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.12/rtlwifi-fix-memory-leak-when-firmware-request-fails.patch