[PATCH v2 1/4] staging: rtl8723bs: free HalData with vfree, not kfree
From: Yi Cong
Date: Thu Jul 30 2026 - 02:11:48 EST
From: Yi Cong <yicong@xxxxxxxxxx>
In the probe error path of rtw_sdio_if1_init(), HalData is released with
kfree(), but it is allocated with vzalloc() in rtw_hal_data_init(). Freeing
a vmalloc allocation with kfree() is undefined behaviour and can corrupt
the allocator.
Use rtw_hal_data_deinit() instead, which calls vfree() and is the matching
deallocator used on the normal tear-down path. It also NULLs the pointer
and clears hal_data_sz, making it safe to call here.
Fixes: 554c0a3abf21 ("staging: Add rtl8723bs sdio wifi driver")
Signed-off-by: Yi Cong <yicong@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
index c43a0391a5ca7..f7ec09310ce98 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/sdio_intf.c
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ static struct adapter *rtw_sdio_if1_init(struct dvobj_priv *dvobj, const struct
free_hal_data:
if (status != _SUCCESS && padapter->HalData)
- kfree(padapter->HalData);
+ rtw_hal_data_deinit(padapter);
if (status != _SUCCESS) {
rtw_wdev_unregister(padapter->rtw_wdev);
--
2.25.1