[Linux-wlan-ng-devel] Bug#367790: linux-wlan-ng-source: Setting USB adapter to monitor mode triggers memory leak in kernel

Christian Aichinger Greek0 at gmx.net
Sun Jun 11 09:50:56 UTC 2006


On Sat, Jun 10, 2006 at 08:54:13PM +0200, Christian Aichinger wrote:
> I think I've found a leak in the -usb monitor code. If I get this
> right it leaks a few bytes on every received packet, since it copies
> the device name, but doesn't free the string again.

Urgh, scratch that. It doesn't work, and afaics it doesn't even leak
memory.

I should have probably slept more before looking into this ;). I'll
take a look again later today or tomorrow.

Sorry,
Christian Aichinger
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