[lvc-project] [PATCH] nfc: fix memory leak of se_io context in nfc_genl_se_io

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 13:56:14 +0300 Fedor Pchelkin wrote:
> The callback context for sending/receiving APDUs to/from the selected
> secure element is allocated inside nfc_genl_se_io and supposed to be
> eventually freed in se_io_cb callback function. However, there are several
> error paths where the bwi_timer is not charged to call se_io_cb later, and
> the cb_context is leaked.
> 
> The patch proposes to free the cb_context explicitly on those error paths.
> 
> At the moment we can't simply check 'dev->ops->se_io()' return value as it
> may be negative in both cases: when the timer was charged and was not.

FWIW this patch has already been applied, please send the next changes
on top:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git/commit/?id=25ff6f8a5a3b8dc48e8abda6f013e8cc4b14ffea