linux-kernel - [PATCH] params: Fix potential memory leak in add_sysfs

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Message-ID: <1363268178.4853.46.camel@i7.infradead.org>
Date:	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:36:18 +0000
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] params: Fix potential memory leak in add_sysfs_param()

On allocation failure, it would fail to free the old attrs array which
was no longer referenced by anything (since it would free the old
module_param_attrs struct on the way out).

Comment the suspicious-looking krealloc() usage to explain why it *isn't*
actually buggy, despite looking like a classic realloc() usage bug.

Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@...el.com>
---
 kernel/params.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index ed35345..53b958f 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -613,10 +613,13 @@ static __modinit int add_sysfs_param(struct module_kobject *mk,
 		       sizeof(*mk->mp) + sizeof(mk->mp->attrs[0]) * (num+1),
 		       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new) {
-		kfree(mk->mp);
+		kfree(attrs);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto fail;
 	}
+	/* Despite looking like the typical realloc() bug, this is safe.
+	 * We *want* the old 'attrs' to be freed either way, and we'll store
+	 * the new one in the success case. */
 	attrs = krealloc(attrs, sizeof(new->grp.attrs[0])*(num+2), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!attrs) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-- 
1.8.1.4


-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation

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