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 10:22:16 +0000 (12:22 +0200)
commitc788a2936aecb87b7085e6826c6024099e27f9c3
treeed7e726e21c2e6ec972bd27f8254f3b2b9294ba6
parentf51e5229c24b016567d829455d4762a5fb645a9f
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