linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leaks in ext4_fname_{setup_filename,prepare

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2023 21:19:18 -0700
From:   Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...nel.org>
To:     Luís Henriques <lhenriques@...e.de>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Daniel Rosenberg <drosen@...gle.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix memory leaks in
 ext4_fname_{setup_filename,prepare_lookup}

On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 10:49:31AM +0100, Luís Henriques wrote:
> If casefolding the filename fails, we'll be leaking fscrypt_buf name.

fscrypt_buf => fscrypt_name

> diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
> index e20ac0654b3f..3c05c7f3415b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
> @@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ int ext4_fname_setup_filename(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *iname,
>	struct fscrypt_name name;
>	int err;
>
>	err = fscrypt_setup_filename(dir, iname, lookup, &name);
>	if (err)
>		return err;
>
>	ext4_fname_from_fscrypt_name(fname, &name);
>
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
>  	err = ext4_fname_setup_ci_filename(dir, iname, fname);
> +	if (err)
> +		fscrypt_free_filename(&name);
>  #endif
>  	return err;
>  }
> @@ -51,6 +53,8 @@ int ext4_fname_prepare_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>	struct fscrypt_name name;
>	int err;
>
>	err = fscrypt_prepare_lookup(dir, dentry, &name);
>	if (err)
>		return err;
>
>	ext4_fname_from_fscrypt_name(fname, &name);
>
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNICODE)
>  	err = ext4_fname_setup_ci_filename(dir, &dentry->d_name, fname);
> +	if (err)
> +		fscrypt_free_filename(&name);
>  #endif
>  	return err;
>  }

This works, but it's a bit weird that the freeing happens on the original struct
fscrypt_name after it has already been "moved" to the struct ext4_filename by
ext4_fname_from_fscrypt_name().  That leaves a dangling pointer in the struct
ext4_filename.  Maybe you should call ext4_fname_free_filename() instead, even
though it would do some unnecessary work?

- Eric