Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH] mwifiex: check for null return from skb_copy

From: Dan Carpenter
Date: Sat Jun 01 2019 - 17:13:17 EST


On Sat, Jun 01, 2019 at 05:29:26PM +0000, Ganapathi Bhat wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> > > if (is_multicast_ether_addr(ra)) {
> > > skb_uap = skb_copy(skb, GFP_ATOMIC);
> > > + if (!skb_uap)
> > > + return -ENOMEM;
> >
> > I think we would want to free dev_kfree_skb_any(skb) before returning.
> I think if the pointer is NULL, no need to free it;

You're misreading skb vs skb_uap. "skb_uap" is NULL but "skb" is
non-NULL and I'm pretty sure we should free it.

regards,
dan carpenter