Re: [PATCH] wifi: brcmfmac: Fix memory leak in brcmf_sdio_read_control()

Arend van Spriel <[email protected]> Sun, 2 Aug 2026 10:38:59 +0200
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.brcm80211,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.linux-wireless,org.kernel.vger.stable
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:37:12 +0530, Abdun Nihaal <[email protected]> wrote:
> The memory allocated for buf is not freed in some of the error paths in
> brcmf_sdio_read_control(). Fix that by adding vfree() calls.
>
> Fixes: dd43a01c5cdb ("brcmfmac: use dynamically allocated control frame buffer")
> Cc: [email protected]
> Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal <[email protected]>
> ---
> Compile tested only. Issue found using static analysis.
>
>  drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/sdio.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

To be applied to wireless tree.

Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <[email protected]>

Regards,
Arend