linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vme: fix memory leak in vme_user

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] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Message-ID: <CAHb8M2Bvb0sY5kLXOLsgARFdZc_dDY2SME7cn+HCe_z4=Unk4g@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:53:35 +0900
From:	DaeSeok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
To:	Aaron Sierra <asierra@...-inc.com>
Cc:	martyn welch <martyn.welch@...com>,
	manohar vanga <manohar.vanga@...il.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, lisa@...apiadmin.com,
	yongjun wei <yongjun_wei@...ndmicro.com.cn>,
	devel <devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vme: fix memory leak in vme_user_probe()

2014-03-27 23:30 GMT+09:00 Aaron Sierra <asierra@...-inc.com>:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "DaeSeok Youn" <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 8:47:51 PM
>>
>> 2014-03-27 3:51 GMT+09:00 Aaron Sierra <asierra@...-inc.com>:
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> >> From: "Daeseok Youn" <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
>> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:01:48 PM
>> >> Subject: [PATCH] staging: vme: fix memory leak in vme_user_probe()
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> If vme_master_request() returns NULL when it failed,
>> >> it need to free buffers for master.
>> >>
>> >> And also removes unreachable code in vme_user_probe().
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Daeseok Youn <daeseok.youn@...il.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c |    9 +++------
>> >>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > Nice catches Daeseok. I don't maintain this driver, but I have some
>> > suggestions below.
>> >
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
>> >> b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
>> >> index 7927927..ffb4eee 100644
>> >> --- a/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
>> >> +++ b/drivers/staging/vme/devices/vme_user.c
>> >> @@ -776,7 +776,8 @@ static int vme_user_probe(struct vme_dev *vdev)
>> >>               image[i].kern_buf = kmalloc(image[i].size_buf, GFP_KERNEL);
>> >>               if (image[i].kern_buf == NULL) {
>> >>                       err = -ENOMEM;
>> >> -                     goto err_master_buf;
>> >> +                     vme_master_free(image[i].resource);
>> >> +                     goto err_master;
>> >>               }
>> >>       }
>> >
>> > I think it would be nice to keep all of the cleanup under the err_master
>> > label.
>> Actually, I changed like "err_slave" doing. When it failed to alloc
>> buffer for slave,
>> just called vme_slave_free(image[i].slave) and cleanup under the err_slave.
>
> I do like the error path symmetry provided by your patch.
>
>> >
>> > That could be done by changing the kern_buf allocation in this part to
>> > a devm_kmalloc. Then devm handles the kern_buf freeing entirely.
>> I didn't know about devm_kmalloc(), I will check that function. Thanks!
>>
>> >
>> >>
>> >> @@ -819,8 +820,6 @@ static int vme_user_probe(struct vme_dev *vdev)
>> >>
>> >>       return 0;
>> >>
>> >> -     /* Ensure counter set correcty to destroy all sysfs devices */
>> >> -     i = VME_DEVS;
>> >>  err_sysfs:
>> >>       while (i > 0) {
>> >>               i--;
>> >> @@ -830,12 +829,10 @@ err_sysfs:
>> >>
>> >>       /* Ensure counter set correcty to unalloc all master windows */
>> >>       i = MASTER_MAX + 1;
>> >> -err_master_buf:
>> >> -     for (i = MASTER_MINOR; i < (MASTER_MAX + 1); i++)
>> >> -             kfree(image[i].kern_buf);
>> >>  err_master:
>> >>       while (i > MASTER_MINOR) {
>> >>               i--;
>> >> +             kfree(image[i].kern_buf);
>> >>               vme_master_free(image[i].resource);
>> >>       }
>> >
>> > Using devm_kmalloc as mentioned above, the while loop could be
>> > simplified to this:
>> >
>> > err_master:
>> >         while (i >= MASTER_MINOR) {
>> >                 vme_master_free(image[i].resource);
>> >                 i--;
>> >         }
>> It would be nice, but when it failed to vme_master_request() and than
>> go to err_master,
>> image[i].resource must be NULL. So a NULL exception has occurred in
>> vme_master_free().
>>
>> I think vme_master{slave}_free() need to check NULL and it can be
>> possible to change code as your comment.
>> please check for me. :-)
>
> You are correct that vme_master_free() assumes that the resource being
> freed is not NULL. I should have recognized that case. That could easily
> be handled by testing the resource again in the loop, but I see the
> benefit of the symmetry of your change.

OK. I would leave the symmetry of my patch. :-)
Thanks for your reply.

Regards,
Daeseok Youn.
>
> -Aaron
>
>>
>> >
>> > If not moving to devm, this should be safe even though the first
>> > kern_buf may be NULL:
>> >
>> > err_master:
>> >         while (i >= MASTER_MINOR) {
>> >                 kfree(image[i].kern_buf);
>> >                 vme_master_free(image[i].resource);
>> >                 i--;
>> >         }
>> kfree() is ok. But vme_master_free() function has an problem as mentioned
>> above.
>>
>> Thanks for review.
>> Daeseok Youn.
>> >
>> > -Aaron
>> >
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> 1.7.4.4
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
--
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/