Fix memory leak in rtw_cfg80211_inform_bss() where the allocated buffer
is not freed when cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() fails.
After successfully allocating buf with kzalloc(), if
cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() returns NULL, the code jumps to the exit
label without freeing buf, causing a memory leak.
Add kfree(buf) before the goto to properly free the buffer in this error
case.
Signed-off-by: Samasth Norway Ananda <samasth.norway.ananda@oracle.com>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
index 60edeae1cffe..d80e23cfdf8d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c
@@ -314,8 +314,10 @@ struct cfg80211_bss *rtw_cfg80211_inform_bss(struct adapter *padapter, struct wl
bss = cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(wiphy, notify_channel, (struct ieee80211_mgmt *)buf,
len, notify_signal, GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (unlikely(!bss))
+ if (unlikely(!bss)) {
+ kfree(buf);
goto exit;
+ }
cfg80211_put_bss(wiphy, bss);
kfree(buf);
--
2.50.1