[PATCH] wifi: iwlegacy: 3945: free EEPROM data on remove

From: Guangshuo Li

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 03:51:07 EST


il3945_pci_probe() calls il_eeprom_init(), which allocates memory for
the EEPROM data. The probe failure paths release this allocation with
il_eeprom_free(), but the remove path does not free it after a
successful probe.

As a result, the EEPROM data is leaked when the PCI device is removed.

Free the EEPROM data in il3945_pci_remove() before releasing the
mac80211 hardware structure.

This issue was found by manual code inspection.

Fixes: 073d3f5f1b3b ("iwlwifi: changing EEPROM layout handling")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
index cbaf250626c5..f7ca182d1494 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlegacy/3945-mac.c
@@ -3807,6 +3807,7 @@ il3945_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)

il_free_channel_map(il);
il_free_geos(il);
+ il_eeprom_free(il);
kfree(il->scan_cmd);
dev_kfree_skb(il->beacon_skb);
ieee80211_free_hw(il->hw);
--
2.43.0