Re: [PATCH][wireless-next] qtnfmac: check band before allocating cmd_skb to avoid resource leak

[Igor Mitsyanko]

On 06/02/2017 08:40 AM, Colin King wrote:
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> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> The current code allocates cmd_skb and then will leak this if band->band
> is an illegal value. It is simpler to sanity check the band first before
> allocating cmd_skb so that we don't have to free cmd_skb if an invalid
> band occurs.
>
> Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1437561 ("Resource Leak")
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c | 12 ++++++------
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
> index f0a0cfa7d8a1..cce62f39edaf 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/quantenna/qtnfmac/commands.c
> @@ -1300,12 +1300,6 @@ int qtnf_cmd_get_mac_chan_info(struct qtnf_wmac *mac,
>          int ret = 0;
>          u8 qband;
>
> -       cmd_skb = qtnf_cmd_alloc_new_cmdskb(mac->macid, 0,
> -                                           QLINK_CMD_CHANS_INFO_GET,
> -                                           sizeof(*cmd));
> -       if (!cmd_skb)
> -               return -ENOMEM;
> -
>          switch (band->band) {
>          case NL80211_BAND_2GHZ:
>                  qband = QLINK_BAND_2GHZ;
> @@ -1320,6 +1314,12 @@ int qtnf_cmd_get_mac_chan_info(struct qtnf_wmac *mac,
>                  return -EINVAL;
>          }
>
> +       cmd_skb = qtnf_cmd_alloc_new_cmdskb(mac->macid, 0,
> +                                           QLINK_CMD_CHANS_INFO_GET,
> +                                           sizeof(*cmd));
> +       if (!cmd_skb)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +
>          cmd = (struct qlink_cmd_chans_info_get *)cmd_skb->data;
>          cmd->band = qband;
>          ret = qtnf_cmd_send_with_reply(mac->bus, cmd_skb, &resp_skb, &res_code,
> --
> 2.11.0
Reviewed-by: Igor Mitsyanko <igor.mitsyanko.os@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>