wilc_wlan_firmware_download() allocates dma_buffer with kmalloc() at the top of the function and uses a 'fail:' label to free it via kfree(dma_buffer) on error. All later error paths correctly use 'goto fail' to route through this cleanup. However, the early failure path after the first acquire_bus() call uses a bare 'return ret;', which leaks dma_buffer whenever the bus acquire fails. Replace the early return with goto fail so the existing cleanup path runs. Found via a custom Coccinelle semantic patch hunting for kmalloc'd locals leaked on early-return error paths in driver firmware-download code. Fixes: 1241c5650ff7 ("wifi: wilc1000: Fill in missing error handling") Signed-off-by: Shitalkumar Gandhi --- Changes since v1: - Corrected From: and Signed-off-by: to author's real identity (Shitalkumar Gandhi ). v1 was sent with incorrect author attribution due to a local git config mistake. No code changes. drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c index 3fa8592eb250..4b116fe6f9ea 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan.c @@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ int wilc_wlan_firmware_download(struct wilc *wilc, const u8 *buffer, ret = acquire_bus(wilc, WILC_BUS_ACQUIRE_AND_WAKEUP); if (ret) - return ret; + goto fail; wilc->hif_func->hif_read_reg(wilc, WILC_GLB_RESET_0, ®); reg &= ~BIT(10); -- 2.25.1