Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] staging: r8188eu: fix potential memory leak in _rtw_init_xmit_priv()

From: Greg KH
Date: Tue Apr 26 2022 - 06:14:57 EST


On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 09:37:10AM +0800, xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In _rtw_init_xmit_priv(), there are several error paths for allocation
> failures just jump to the `exit` section. However, there is no action
> will be performed, so the allocated resources are not properly released,
> which leads to various memory leaks.
>
> To properly release them, this patch unifies the error handling code and
> several error handling paths are added.
> According to the allocation sequence, if the validation fails, it will
> jump to its corresponding error tag to release the resources.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> ChangeLog:
> v1->v2 update the description and adjust the sequence of patches.
> v2->v3 None to this patch, but some to another pathch in this series.
> drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

I still have 12 patches in my queue from you, yet no idea which order
they belong in at all, nor which is the latest versions :(

Please rebase and resubmit them ALL as a single patch series so I can
have a hint as to what to do here.

thanks,

greg k-h