linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm:powerpc:Fix error handling in the function mpic_set_default_irq

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Date:	Fri, 7 Aug 2015 12:17:49 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@...il.com>, agraf@...e.com
Cc:	gleb@...nel.org, kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm:powerpc:Fix error handling in the function
 mpic_set_default_irq_routing



On 06/08/2015 19:13, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/mpic.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/mpic.c
> index 6249cdc..5a18859 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/mpic.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/mpic.c
> @@ -1641,13 +1641,16 @@ static void mpic_destroy(struct kvm_device *dev)
>  static int mpic_set_default_irq_routing(struct openpic *opp)
>  {
>  	struct kvm_irq_routing_entry *routing;
> +	int ret;
>  
>  	/* Create a nop default map, so that dereferencing it still works */
>  	routing = kzalloc((sizeof(*routing)), GFP_KERNEL);
>  	if (!routing)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	kvm_set_irq_routing(opp->kvm, routing, 0, 0);
> +	ret = kvm_set_irq_routing(opp->kvm, routing, 0, 0);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	kfree(routing);
>  	return 0;

The patch leaks the "routing" variable if you hit the error path.

Paolo
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