linux-kernel - [PATCH] tty/vt: Fix the memory leak in visual

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:21:10 +0800
From:	Dongxing Zhang <dongxing.zhang@...el.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, peter@...leysoftware.com,
	alan@...ux.intel.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dongxing Zhang <dongxing.zhang@...el.com>,
	Xiaoming Wang <xiaoming.wang@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] tty/vt: Fix the memory leak in visual_init

If vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc is not NULL, its refcount needs to be
decreased before vc_uni_pagedir_loc is re-assigned.

unreferenced object 0xffff88002cdd13b0 (size 512):
  comm "setfont", pid 503, jiffies 4294896503 (age 722.828s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    40 92 61 2b 00 88 ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  @.a+............
    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a0 ad 61 2b 00 88 ff ff  ..........a+....
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff817b755e>] kmemleak_alloc+0x4e/0xb0
    [<ffffffff811d4898>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1c8/0x240
    [<ffffffff814ae7d3>] con_do_clear_unimap.isra.2+0x83/0xe0
    [<ffffffff814ae9b2>] con_clear_unimap+0x22/0x40
    [<ffffffff814a8db8>] vt_ioctl+0xeb8/0x1170
    [<ffffffff8149b458>] tty_ioctl+0x208/0xca0
    [<ffffffff81207858>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2f8/0x510
    [<ffffffff81207af1>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
    [<ffffffff817ca2b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x75
    [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff
unreferenced object 0xffff88002b619240 (size 256):
  comm "setfont", pid 503, jiffies 4294896503 (age 722.828s)
  hex dump (first 32 bytes):
    90 bc 84 d5 00 88 ff ff 58 85 84 d5 00 88 ff ff  ........X.......
    88 ac 84 d5 00 88 ff ff e0 b1 84 d5 00 88 ff ff  ................
  backtrace:
    [<ffffffff817b755e>] kmemleak_alloc+0x4e/0xb0
    [<ffffffff811d4898>] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x1c8/0x240
    [<ffffffff814ae286>] con_insert_unipair+0x86/0x170
    [<ffffffff814af107>] con_set_unimap+0x1b7/0x280
    [<ffffffff814a8d65>] vt_ioctl+0xe65/0x1170
    [<ffffffff8149b458>] tty_ioctl+0x208/0xca0
    [<ffffffff81207858>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2f8/0x510
    [<ffffffff81207af1>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0
    [<ffffffff817ca2b2>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x75
    [<ffffffffffffffff>] 0xffffffffffffffff

Signed-off-by: Dongxing Zhang <dongxing.zhang@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Xiaoming Wang <xiaoming.wang@...el.com>
---
 drivers/tty/vt/vt.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 4a24eb2..334c502 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -738,6 +738,8 @@ static void visual_init(struct vc_data *vc, int num, int init)
 	__module_get(vc->vc_sw->owner);
 	vc->vc_num = num;
 	vc->vc_display_fg = &master_display_fg;
+	if (vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc)
+		con_free_unimap(vc);
 	vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc = &vc->vc_uni_pagedir;
 	vc->vc_uni_pagedir = NULL;
 	vc->vc_hi_font_mask = 0;
-- 
1.9.1

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