Wenwen Wang
1eca92eef1
cx82310_eth: fix a memory leak bug
In cx82310_bind(), 'dev->partial_data' is allocated through kmalloc(). Then, the execution waits for the firmware to become ready. If the firmware is not ready in time, the execution is terminated. However, the allocated 'dev->partial_data' is not deallocated on this path, leading to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free 'dev->partial_data' before returning the error. Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@cs.uga.edu> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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