Re: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: add kfree() on an error path of rtw_xmit_resource_alloc()

[Philipp Hortmann]

On 9/10/22 02:29, xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In rtw_xmit_resource_alloc(), if usb_alloc_urb() fails, then the memory
> `pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf` which is allocated by kzalloc() is not properly
> released before returning.
>
> So this patch adds kfree() on the above error path to release it. As there
> is no proper device to test with, no runtime testing was performed.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c | 4 +++-
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> index 67f9c05..9c39d08 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
> @@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ static int rtw_xmit_resource_alloc(struct adapter *padapter, struct xmit_buf *px
>   	pxmitbuf->dma_transfer_addr = 0;
>   
>   	pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb)
> +	if (!pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb) {
> +		kfree(pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf);
>   		return _FAIL;
> +	}
>   
>   	return _SUCCESS;
>   }

Hi Xiaoke,

I applied your patch and tested it. That is OK.

But you excluded the change history. Usually this is not accepted by 
Greg. Reason is that what identifies the patch is the change itself. The 
change itself is the same as: "[PATCH v4] staging: r8188eu: fix 
potential memory leak in rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc()" Even if you 
change the Subject, Description and the branch it remains the same patch 
for Greg.

Tested-by: Philipp Hortmann <philipp.g.hortmann@xxxxxxxxx> # Edimax N150