From: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
To: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@kernel.org>
Cc: ath11k@lists.infradead.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ath-next] wifi: ath11k: fix leak in ath11k_service_ready_ext_event()
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:05:33 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <13f6c903-e85a-4f3a-9c96-ffab95f831a2@oss.qualcomm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260727-ath11k_service_ready_ext_event-memleak-v1-1-e8373d27bdd1@oss.qualcomm.com>
On 7/28/2026 7:39 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote:
> Currently, during ath11k_service_ready_ext_event() processing,
> svc_rdy_ext.mac_phy_caps can be allocated during TLV parsing. This is a
> temporary allocation that is freed on the success path, but not on the
> error path. If parsing succeeds far enough to allocate mac_phy_caps and
> then fails on a later TLV, the allocation leaks. So free the allocation
> on the error path.
>
> Compile tested only.
>
> Fixes: 5b90fc760db5 ("ath11k: fix wmi service ready ext tlv parsing")
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@oss.qualcomm.com>
Reviewed-by: Baochen Qiang <baochen.qiang@oss.qualcomm.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-29 9:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 23:39 Jeff Johnson
2026-07-29 9:05 ` Baochen Qiang [this message]
2026-07-30 9:35 ` Rameshkumar Sundaram
2026-07-31 14:41 ` Jeff Johnson
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