linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcu: trace fix possible mem-leak

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20080801211128.GF14851@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:11:28 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rcu: trace fix possible mem-leak

On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:20:55PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> In the initialization of the RCU trace module, if
> rcupreempt_debugfs_init() fails, we never free the the trace buffer.
> 
> This patch frees the trace buffer in case the debugfs fails.

Looks good as well!

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@...hat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-compile.git/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-compile.git.orig/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c	2008-07-15 23:55:47.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-compile.git/kernel/rcupreempt_trace.c	2008-07-30 13:58:41.000000000 -0400
> @@ -308,11 +308,16 @@ out:
> 
>  static int __init rcupreempt_trace_init(void)
>  {
> +	int ret;
> +
>  	mutex_init(&rcupreempt_trace_mutex);
>  	rcupreempt_trace_buf = kmalloc(RCUPREEMPT_TRACE_BUF_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!rcupreempt_trace_buf)
>  		return 1;
> -	return rcupreempt_debugfs_init();
> +	ret = rcupreempt_debugfs_init();
> +	if (ret)
> +		kfree(rcupreempt_trace_buf);
> +	return ret;
>  }
> 
>  static void __exit rcupreempt_trace_cleanup(void)
> 
> -- 
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/