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wifi: mwifiex: Fix memory leak in mwifiex_11n_aggregate_pkt()

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In mwifiex_11n_aggregate_pkt(), skb_aggr is allocated via
mwifiex_alloc_dma_align_buf(). If mwifiex_is_ralist_valid() returns false,
the function currently returns -1 immediately without freeing the
previously allocated skb_aggr, causing a memory leak.

Since skb_aggr has not yet been queued via skb_queue_tail(), no other
references to this memory exist. Therefore, it has to be freed locally
before returning the error.

Fix this by calling mwifiex_write_data_complete() to free skb_aggr before
returning the error status.

Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool
and code review.

Fixes: 5e6e3a92b9 ("wireless: mwifiex: initial commit for Marvell mwifiex driver")
Signed-off-by: Zilin Guan <zilin@seu.edu.cn>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Chen <jeff.chen_1@nxp.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260119092625.1349934-1-zilin@seu.edu.cn
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
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Zilin Guan
2026-01-19 09:26:25 +00:00
committed by Johannes Berg
parent 0314e382cf
commit 990a73dec3
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drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/11n_aggr.c
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@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ mwifiex_11n_aggregate_pkt(struct mwifiex_private *priv,
if (!mwifiex_is_ralist_valid(priv, pra_list, ptrindex)) {
spin_unlock_bh(&priv->wmm.ra_list_spinlock);
mwifiex_write_data_complete(adapter, skb_aggr, 1, -1);
return -1;
}