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Re: [PATCH][V3] mt7601u: do not free dma_buf when ivp allocation fails

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Hi,

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> wrote:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>
>
> If the allocation of ivp fails the error handling attempts to
> free an uninitialized dma_buf; this data structure just contains
> garbage on the stack, so the freeing will cause issues when the
> urb, buf and dma fields are free'd. Fix this by not free'ing the
> dma_buf if the ivp allocation fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@canonical.com>

Looks right to me.

Reviewed-by: Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com>

> ---
>  drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c
> index fbb1986..91c4b34 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mediatek/mt7601u/mcu.c
> @@ -362,7 +362,9 @@ mt7601u_upload_firmware(struct mt7601u_dev *dev, const struct mt76_fw *fw)
>         int i, ret;
>
>         ivb = kmemdup(fw->ivb, sizeof(fw->ivb), GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!ivb || mt7601u_usb_alloc_buf(dev, MCU_FW_URB_SIZE, &dma_buf)) {
> +       if (!ivb)
> +               return -ENOMEM;
> +       if (mt7601u_usb_alloc_buf(dev, MCU_FW_URB_SIZE, &dma_buf)) {
>                 ret = -ENOMEM;
>                 goto error;
>         }
> --
> 2.7.0
>
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Thanks,

-- 
Julian Calaby

Email: julian.calaby@gmail.com
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[PATCH][V3] mt7601u: do not free dma_buf when ivp allocation fails Colin King <colin.king@canonical.com> - 2016-02-26 00:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH][V3] mt7601u: do not free dma_buf when ivp allocation fails Julian Calaby <julian.calaby@gmail.com> - 2016-02-26 00:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH][V3] mt7601u: do not free dma_buf when ivp allocation fails Kuba Kicinski <kubakici@wp.pl> - 2016-02-26 00:50 +0100

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