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charset="utf-8" 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 --- 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/st= aging/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 ad= apter *padapter, struct wl bss =3D cfg80211_inform_bss_frame(wiphy, notify_channel, (struct ieee8021= 1_mgmt *)buf, len, notify_signal, GFP_ATOMIC); =20 - if (unlikely(!bss)) + if (unlikely(!bss)) { + kfree(buf); goto exit; + } =20 cfg80211_put_bss(wiphy, bss); kfree(buf); --=20 2.50.1