[PATCH] usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix memory leak

[PATCH] usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix memory leak

[Maksim Salau]

get_version_reply is not freed if function returns with success.
Memory leak was introduced by commit 942a48730faf149ccbf3e12ac718aee120bb3529

Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
index aa3c280..0782ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
@@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, const struct usb_device
 		 USB_MAJOR, dev->minor);
 
 exit:
+	kfree(get_version_reply);
 	return retval;
 
 error:
-- 
2.9.3

Re: [PATCH] usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix memory leak

[Heikki Krogerus]

Hi,

On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 10:51:52PM +0300, Maksim Salau wrote:
> get_version_reply is not freed if function returns with success.
> Memory leak was introduced by commit 942a48730faf149ccbf3e12ac718aee120bb3529

Pointing the commit like that is probable fine, but you should also
use "Fixes" tag:

Fixes: 942a48730faf ("usb: misc: legousbtower: Fix buffers on stack")

Please check Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst for more
information.

> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@linux.intel.com>

You are signing the patch for me which you should not be doing in this
case. More appropriate tag would be for example "Suggested-by" or
something like that. There is more information about this too in
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst


> Signed-off-by: Maksim Salau <maksim.salau@gmail.com>
> ---
>  drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
> index aa3c280..0782ac6 100644
> --- a/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
> +++ b/drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c
> @@ -926,6 +926,7 @@ static int tower_probe (struct usb_interface *interface, const struct usb_device
>  		 USB_MAJOR, dev->minor);
>  
>  exit:
> +	kfree(get_version_reply);
>  	return retval;
>  
>  error:
> -- 
> 2.9.3


Thanks,

-- 
heikki