[PATCH v2] memory: brcmstb_dpfe: Fix memory leak

Alex Dewar alex.dewar90 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 20 13:21:18 EDT 2020


In brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(), memory is allocated to variable fw by
firmware_request_nowarn(), but never released. Fix up to release fw on
all return paths.

Signed-off-by: Alex Dewar <alex.dewar90 at gmail.com>
---
v2: Don't assign ret unnecessarily (Krzysztof)
---
 drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c | 16 ++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
index 60e8633b1175..e08528b12cbd 100644
--- a/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
+++ b/drivers/memory/brcmstb_dpfe.c
@@ -647,8 +647,10 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv)
 		return (ret == -ENOENT) ? -EPROBE_DEFER : ret;
 
 	ret = __verify_firmware(&init, fw);
-	if (ret)
-		return -EFAULT;
+	if (ret) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto release_fw;
+	}
 
 	__disable_dcpu(priv);
 
@@ -667,18 +669,20 @@ static int brcmstb_dpfe_download_firmware(struct brcmstb_dpfe_priv *priv)
 
 	ret = __write_firmware(priv->dmem, dmem, dmem_size, is_big_endian);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto release_fw;
 	ret = __write_firmware(priv->imem, imem, imem_size, is_big_endian);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto release_fw;
 
 	ret = __verify_fw_checksum(&init, priv, header, init.chksum);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto release_fw;
 
 	__enable_dcpu(priv);
 
-	return 0;
+release_fw:
+	release_firmware(fw);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static ssize_t generic_show(unsigned int command, u32 response[],
-- 
2.28.0




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