[PATCH v2 4/5] staging: rtl8188eu: fix potential leak in rtw_mp_SetRFPath()

Christian Engelmayer cengelma at gmx.at
Wed May 7 19:33:20 UTC 2014


Function rtw_mp_SetRFPath() dynamically allocates a temporary buffer that
is not freed in all error paths. Use a centralized exit path and make sure
that all memory is freed correctly. Detected by Coverity - CID 1077714.

Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma at gmx.at>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
index 8b1579b..ea5e1f8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -7321,11 +7321,14 @@ static int rtw_mp_SetRFPath(struct net_device *dev,
 	struct adapter *padapter = rtw_netdev_priv(dev);
 	char	*input = kmalloc(wrqu->data.length, GFP_KERNEL);
 	u8 bMain = 1, bTurnoff = 1;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!input)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	if (copy_from_user(input, wrqu->data.pointer, wrqu->data.length))
-			return -EFAULT;
+	if (copy_from_user(input, wrqu->data.pointer, wrqu->data.length)) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto exit;
+	}
 	DBG_88E("%s:iwpriv in =%s\n", __func__, input);
 
 	bMain = strncmp(input, "1", 2); /*  strncmp true is 0 */
@@ -7338,8 +7341,10 @@ static int rtw_mp_SetRFPath(struct net_device *dev,
 		MP_PHY_SetRFPathSwitch(padapter, false);
 		DBG_88E("%s:PHY_SetRFPathSwitch = false\n", __func__);
 	}
+
+exit:
 	kfree(input);
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int rtw_mp_QueryDrv(struct net_device *dev,
-- 
1.9.1



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