From 1ac6f60aab36ae3f0520cc7ace02ad32240b8a1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Johannes Berg Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 10:52:21 +0200 Subject: wifi: mac80211: mlme: fix memory leak When re-parsing the elements here (with changed mode), free the original ones first to avoid leaking memory. Fixes: 310c8387c638 ("wifi: mac80211: clean up connection process") Reviewed-by: Miriam Rachel Korenblit Link: https://msgid.link/20240418105220.458421e3bbff.Icb5b84cba3ea420794cf009cf18ec3d76e434736@changeid Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg --- net/mac80211/mlme.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/mac80211/mlme.c b/net/mac80211/mlme.c index 98cb475a14c82d..6fa3752b740ea1 100644 --- a/net/mac80211/mlme.c +++ b/net/mac80211/mlme.c @@ -753,8 +753,10 @@ again: } /* the mode can only decrease, so this must terminate */ - if (ap_mode != conn->mode) + if (ap_mode != conn->mode) { + kfree(elems); goto again; + } mlme_link_id_dbg(sdata, link_id, "connecting with %s mode, max bandwidth %d MHz\n", -- cgit 1.2.3-korg