Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6656: Fix possible leak in vnt_download_firmware()

From: Martin Kepplinger
Date: Thu Feb 12 2015 - 09:00:42 EST


Am 2015-02-11 um 20:33 schrieb Christian Engelmayer:
> When failing to allocate buffer memory, function vnt_download_firmware() goes
> through the wrong exit path and fails to release the already requested
> firmware. Thus use the correct cleanup. Detected by Coverity CID 1269128.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Engelmayer <cengelma@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Compile tested only. Applies against branch staging-next.
> ---
> drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c b/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
> index a177645af83e..d440f284bf18 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/vt6656/firmware.c
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int vnt_download_firmware(struct vnt_private *priv)
>
> buffer = kmalloc(FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!buffer)
> - goto out;
> + goto free_fw;
>
> for (ii = 0; ii < fw->size; ii += FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE) {
> length = min_t(int, fw->size - ii, FIRMWARE_CHUNK_SIZE);
>
looks good to me, although somebody else should review it too. feel free
to add

Reviewed-by: Martin Kepplinger <martink@xxxxxxxxx>

if applicable.
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