[PATCH] staging: rtl8712: rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c: Cleaning up memory leak

[Rickard Strandqvist]

There is a risk for memory leak in when something unexpected happens
and the function returns.

This was largely found by using a static code analysis program called cppcheck.

Signed-off-by: Rickard Strandqvist <rickard_strandqvist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
index 23d539d..27e0243 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_ioctl_linux.c
@@ -1822,6 +1822,7 @@ static int r871x_wx_set_enc_ext(struct net_device *dev,
 		alg_name = "CCMP";
 		break;
 	default:
+		kfree(param);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	strncpy((char *)param->u.crypt.alg, alg_name, IEEE_CRYPT_ALG_NAME_LEN);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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