[PATCH] i40e: Fix memory leak at failure path in i40e_dbg_command_write()

From: Alexey Khoroshilov
Date: Fri Feb 20 2015 - 17:24:34 EST


The patch fixes a leak of 'cmd_buf' when copy_from_user() failed
in i40e_dbg_command_write().

Found by Linux Driver Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
index 61236f983971..c17ee77100d3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_debugfs.c
@@ -989,8 +989,10 @@ static ssize_t i40e_dbg_command_write(struct file *filp,
if (!cmd_buf)
return count;
bytes_not_copied = copy_from_user(cmd_buf, buffer, count);
- if (bytes_not_copied < 0)
+ if (bytes_not_copied < 0) {
+ kfree(cmd_buf);
return bytes_not_copied;
+ }
if (bytes_not_copied > 0)
count -= bytes_not_copied;
cmd_buf[count] = '\0';
--
1.9.1

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