[patch 40/47] drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c fixresource leak

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Jul 22 2008 - 19:31:57 EST


2.6.25-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us
know.

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From: Darren Jenkins <darrenrjenkins@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 43f77e91eadbc290eb76a08110a039c809dde6c9 upstream

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.

Signed-off-by: Darren Jenkins <darrenrjenkins@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---
drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/hardware.c
@@ -616,8 +616,10 @@ static struct ipw_rx_packet *pool_alloca
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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