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[RFC PATCH 3/3] usbnet: Fix memory leak when rx_submit() fails

From Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [RFC PATCH 3/3] usbnet: Fix memory leak when rx_submit() fails
Date 2017-09-19 18:20 +0200
Message-ID <urtpE-7FJ-41@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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If rx_submit() returns an error code then nobody calls usb_free_urb().
That means it's leaked.

NOTE: This problem was found solely by code inspection and not due to
any failing test cases.

Signed-off-by: Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org>
---

 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index e72547d8d0e6..4c067aaeea5a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -1182,9 +1182,12 @@ usbnet_deferred_kevent (struct work_struct *work)
 					usb_free_urb(urb);
 					goto fail_lowmem;
 				}
-				if (rx_submit (dev, urb, GFP_KERNEL) ==
-				    -ENOLINK)
-					resched = 0;
+				status = rx_submit (dev, urb, GFP_KERNEL);
+				if (status) {
+					usb_free_urb(urb);
+					if (status == -ENOLINK)
+						resched = 0;
+				}
 				usb_autopm_put_interface(dev->intf);
 fail_lowmem:
 				if (resched)
-- 
2.14.1.690.gbb1197296e-goog

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[RFC PATCH 1/3] usbnet: Get rid of spammy usbnet "kevent X may have been dropped" Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> - 2017-09-19 18:20 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 2/3] usbnet: Avoid potential races in usbnet_deferred_kevent() Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> - 2017-09-19 18:20 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] usbnet: Avoid potential races in  usbnet_deferred_kevent() Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com> - 2017-09-19 22:50 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] usbnet: Avoid potential races in usbnet_deferred_kevent() Doug Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> - 2017-09-19 23:00 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] usbnet: Avoid potential races in  usbnet_deferred_kevent() Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com> - 2017-09-20 10:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] usbnet: Avoid potential races in usbnet_deferred_kevent() Guenter Roeck <groeck@google.com> - 2017-09-19 23:00 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] usbnet: Avoid potential races in  usbnet_deferred_kevent() Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com> - 2017-09-20 10:30 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 3/3] usbnet: Fix memory leak when rx_submit() fails Douglas Anderson <dianders@chromium.org> - 2017-09-19 18:20 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 3/3] usbnet: Fix memory leak when rx_submit() fails Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> - 2017-09-19 19:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] usbnet: Get rid of spammy usbnet "kevent X may  have been dropped" Guenter Roeck <groeck@google.com> - 2017-09-19 18:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] usbnet: Get rid of spammy usbnet "kevent X may have been dropped" Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no> - 2017-09-19 19:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] usbnet: Get rid of spammy usbnet "kevent X may  have been dropped" Oliver Neukum <oneukum@suse.com> - 2017-09-19 22:40 +0200

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