From nobody Mon Feb 9 01:51:42 2026 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8BDCC7EE2F for ; Mon, 29 May 2023 05:58:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230117AbjE2F6r (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2023 01:58:47 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40096 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229589AbjE2F6n (ORCPT ); Mon, 29 May 2023 01:58:43 -0400 Received: from smtp.smtpout.orange.fr (smtp-25.smtpout.orange.fr [80.12.242.25]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B7FEA8 for ; Sun, 28 May 2023 22:58:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop-os.home ([86.243.2.178]) by smtp.orange.fr with ESMTPA id 3Vttql3Hd0h9k3VtuqAkIU; Mon, 29 May 2023 07:58:38 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=wanadoo.fr; s=t20230301; t=1685339918; bh=1rNNsFbbX0pydEx0mfhXKwzskrBT02Ah6NfUorn4NeY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date; b=m22bL7laIJJVRSQwFiUatK4yYzwyY7/QY5ntEj/WJmyb9T36Sofu5xbL354cKIcrV Vu4TynZuBvsyP0E+GGvhVO0L9vrOo5xYhX/pvH6QXRVfcHQQImV9XMYk5S+GKBz9kG wTu7pEiykUX6on/HFKp9UrKsnvCfkRn38lzeTXufcb0LZsmFkZ8LWPW8uPkgWzXKCC 5XcgFDQg/z4yBZj1RFfQmGUh0eP/oAofgunMYxKFPiTJhyPhbwszpRBQ+2As+qA7oE r96t4CztFPEuJsJ+Qc1snC5ztx3dOtja/EjEWab4SAgaTNrrFhkNIC/CuFBcQvW3eO CPWkG3fUDxH3A== X-ME-Helo: pop-os.home X-ME-Auth: Y2hyaXN0b3BoZS5qYWlsbGV0QHdhbmFkb28uZnI= X-ME-Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 07:58:38 +0200 X-ME-IP: 86.243.2.178 From: Christophe JAILLET To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, Christophe JAILLET , Mauro Carvalho Chehab , linux-media@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] media: dvb-usb: m920x: Fix a potential memory leak in m920x_i2c_xfer() Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 07:58:36 +0200 Message-Id: <1881e72f963ec25e35b34f3a0b4f3962681eb7ca.1685339897.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" 'read' is freed when it is known to be NULL, but not when a read error occurs. Revert the logic to avoid a small leak, should a m920x_read() call fail. Fixes: a2ab06d7c4d6 ("media: m920x: don't use stack on USB reads") Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET --- drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/m920x.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/m920x.c b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/= m920x.c index fea5bcf72a31..c88a202daf5f 100644 --- a/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/m920x.c +++ b/drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/m920x.c @@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ static int m920x_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, str= uct i2c_msg msg[], int nu char *read =3D kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL); if (!read) { ret =3D -ENOMEM; - kfree(read); goto unlock; } =20 @@ -288,8 +287,10 @@ static int m920x_i2c_xfer(struct i2c_adapter *adap, st= ruct i2c_msg msg[], int nu =20 if ((ret =3D m920x_read(d->udev, M9206_I2C, 0x0, 0x20 | stop, - read, 1)) !=3D 0) + read, 1)) !=3D 0) { + kfree(read); goto unlock; + } msg[i].buf[j] =3D read[0]; } =20 --=20 2.34.1