[PATCH] staging: vt6656: Fix possible leak in vnt_download_firmware()

Martin Kepplinger martink at posteo.de
Thu Feb 12 14:00:26 UTC 2015


Am 2015-02-11 um 20:33 schrieb Christian Engelmayer:
> When failing to allocate buffer memory, function vnt_download_firmware() goes
> through the wrong exit path and fails to release the already requested
> firmware. Thus use the correct cleanup. Detected by Coverity CID 1269128.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma at gmx.at>
> ---
> Compile tested only. Applies against branch staging-next.
> ---
>  drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
> index a177645af83e..d440f284bf18 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int vnt_download_firmware(struct vnt_private *priv)
>  
>  	buffer = kmalloc(FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!buffer)
> -		goto out;
> +		goto free_fw;
>  
>  	for (ii = 0; ii < fw->size; ii += FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE) {
>  		length = min_t(int, fw->size - ii, FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE);
> 
looks good to me, although somebody else should review it too. feel free
to add

Reviewed-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink at posteo.de>

if applicable.


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