cfg80211: Fix possible memory leak in function cfg80211_bss_update
authorNguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:23:34 +0000 (21:23 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Wed, 4 Aug 2021 10:46:41 +0000 (12:46 +0200)
commitc8667cb406fdae6718e7dbd4d0b2c85ad1eb9d9d
tree7510928f1703003835347929d03555edf7d68137
parent9ab284bc35307ffde4f385dd8f3cf853fd9bb264
cfg80211: Fix possible memory leak in function cfg80211_bss_update

commit f9a5c358c8d26fed0cc45f2afc64633d4ba21dff upstream.

When we exceed the limit of BSS entries, this function will free the
new entry, however, at this time, it is the last door to access the
inputed ies, so these ies will be unreferenced objects and cause memory
leak.
Therefore we should free its ies before deallocating the new entry, beside
of dropping it from hidden_list.

Signed-off-by: Nguyen Dinh Phi <phind.uet@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210628132334.851095-1-phind.uet@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/wireless/scan.c