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author | Dean Jenkins <Dean_Jenkins@mentor.com> | 2017-08-07 10:50:16 +0200 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-08-07 19:10:19 +0200 |
commit | d0c8f338ab41438bdf8472cb4209d4ab54d439d5 (patch) | |
tree | afd69174d5166583e8f7a2c6d36b6c4247a7a077 /include | |
parent | asix: Ensure asix_rx_fixup_info members are all reset (diff) | |
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asix: Fix small memory leak in ax88772_unbind()
When Ethernet frames span mulitple URBs, the netdev buffer memory
pointed to by the asix_rx_fixup_info structure remains allocated
during the time gap between the 2 executions of asix_rx_fixup_internal().
This means that if ax88772_unbind() is called within this time
gap to free the memory of the parent private data structure then
a memory leak of the part filled netdev buffer memory will occur.
Therefore, create a new function asix_rx_fixup_common_free() to
free the memory of the netdev buffer and add a call to
asix_rx_fixup_common_free() from inside ax88772_unbind().
Consequently when an unbind occurs part way through receiving
an Ethernet frame, the netdev buffer memory that is holding part
of the received Ethernet frame will now be freed.
Signed-off-by: Dean Jenkins <Dean_Jenkins@mentor.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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