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Issue of the Implementation # K0004
Brief
(ath5k) Memory kcalloc'ed in ath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_* is not always kfree'd
Detailed Description
This problem concerns 'ath5k' driver.
When ath5k_hw_init() performs necessary initialization tasks, ath5k_eeprom_init() is called. One of ath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_[5111|5112|2413]() functions is called then among other things. On the system where the problem showed up, it was ath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_2413() but everything also applies to the other two functions.
(drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/eeprom.c) ath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_2413() allocates several memory blocks in 'for' loops with kcalloc (see the lines 1153, 1176, 1182). If one of these allocations fails, the memory blocks allocated in ath5k_eeprom_convert_pcal_info_2413() before will probably never be freed.
They could be freed by ath5k_eeprom_free_pcal_info() but this function is not called in this case.
Component
linux-kernel 2.6.39-rc1
References
Accepted
Kernel Bug Tracker, bug #32722
Status
Fixed in the kernel 3.0
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