From 6496ce90845df2d22fb8e8ed235cd2936fad41c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Abdun Nihaal Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:15:37 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] wifi: rtlwifi: rtl8192du: Fix possible memory leak in rtl92du_init_sw_vars() The memory allocated inside rtl92du_init_shared_data() is not freed in any of the subsequent error paths in rtl92du_init_sw_vars(). Fix that by adding a call to rtl92du_deinit_shared_data() in the error path. Fixes: b5dc8873b6ff ("wifi: rtlwifi: Add rtl8192du/sw.c") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Abdun Nihaal Acked-by: Ping-Ke Shih Signed-off-by: Ping-Ke Shih Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260723114539.136986-1-nihaal@cse.iitm.ac.in --- drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192du/sw.c | 12 +++++++++--- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192du/sw.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192du/sw.c index 7bafb051d5ec..88e8cc590c54 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192du/sw.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/rtl8192du/sw.c @@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ static int rtl92du_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) /* for firmware buf */ rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = kmalloc(0x8000, GFP_KERNEL); - if (!rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware) - return -ENOMEM; + if (!rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware) { + err = -ENOMEM; + goto error; + } rtlpriv->max_fw_size = 0x8000; pr_info("Driver for Realtek RTL8192DU WLAN interface\n"); @@ -160,10 +162,14 @@ static int rtl92du_init_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw) pr_err("Failed to request firmware!\n"); kfree(rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware); rtlpriv->rtlhal.pfirmware = NULL; - return err; + goto error; } return 0; + +error: + rtl92du_deinit_shared_data(hw); + return err; } static void rtl92du_deinit_sw_vars(struct ieee80211_hw *hw)