[PATCH] drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c fix resource leak

From: Darren Jenkins\\
Date: Mon Jul 07 2008 - 06:05:44 EST


G'day people,

Coverity CID: 2172 RESOURCE_LEAK

When pool_allocate() tries to enlarge a packet, if it can not allocate
enough memory, it returns NULL without first freeing the old packet.

This patch just frees the packet first.

ïïïSigned-off-by: Darren Jenkins <darrenrjenkins@gmailcom>

diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
index ba6340a..929101e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
@@ -590,8 +590,10 @@ static struct ipw_rx_packet *pool_allocate(struct ipw_hardware *hw,
packet = kmalloc(sizeof(struct ipw_rx_packet) +
old_packet->length + minimum_free_space,
GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (!packet)
+ if (!packet) {
+ kfree(old_packet);
return NULL;
+ }
memcpy(packet, old_packet,
sizeof(struct ipw_rx_packet)
+ old_packet->length);


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