rtl8723bs: fix memory leak on failure path

cfg80211_inform_bss_frame() may return NULL on failure. In that case, the allocated buffer 'buf' is not freed and the function returns early, leading to potential memory leak.
Fix this by ensuring that 'buf' is freed on both success and failure paths.

Signed-off-by Diksha Kumari <[email protected]>

---
 drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/os_dep/ioctl_cfg80211.c +2 -1

index 60edeae1cffe..476ab055e53e 100644
@@ -315,9 +315,10 @@ struct cfg80211_bss *rtw_cfg80211_inform_bss(struct adapter *padapter, struct wl
 					len, notify_signal, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
 	if (unlikely(!bss))
-		goto exit;
+		goto free_buf;
 
 	cfg80211_put_bss(wiphy, bss);
+free_buf:
 	kfree(buf);
 
 exit:

Signature · 1 line

2.34.1