From: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@xxxxxxxxx> commit f9a5c358c8d26fed0cc45f2afc64633d4ba21dff upstream. When we exceed the limit of BSS entries, this function will free the new entry, however, at this time, it is the last door to access the inputed ies, so these ies will be unreferenced objects and cause memory leak. Therefore we should free its ies before deallocating the new entry, beside of dropping it from hidden_list. Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@xxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210628132334.851095-1-phind.uet@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/scan.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/net/wireless/scan.c +++ b/net/wireless/scan.c @@ -1250,16 +1250,14 @@ cfg80211_bss_update(struct cfg80211_regi * be grouped with this beacon for updates ... */ if (!cfg80211_combine_bsses(rdev, new)) { - kfree(new); + bss_ref_put(rdev, new); goto drop; } } if (rdev->bss_entries >= bss_entries_limit && !cfg80211_bss_expire_oldest(rdev)) { - if (!list_empty(&new->hidden_list)) - list_del(&new->hidden_list); - kfree(new); + bss_ref_put(rdev, new); goto drop; }
