linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Fix glom_skb leak in brcmf_sdiod_recv

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Date:   Sat, 3 Jun 2017 18:36:34 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>
To:     "Peter S. Housel" <housel@....org>
Cc:     Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>,
        Pieter-Paul Giesberts <pieter-paul.giesberts@...adcom.com>,
        Christian Daudt <csd@...adcom.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Fix glom_skb leak in brcmf_sdiod_recv_chain

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 1:29 AM, Peter S. Housel <housel@....org> wrote:
> An earlier change to this function (3bdae810721b) fixed a leak in the
> case of an unsuccessful call to brcmf_sdiod_buffrw(). However, the
> glom_skb buffer, used for emulating a scattering read, is never used
> or referenced after its contents are copied into the destination
> buffers, and therefore always needs to be freed by the end of the
> function.

>                 err = brcmf_sdiod_buffrw(sdiodev, SDIO_FUNC_2, false, addr,
>                                          glom_skb);
> -               if (err) {
> -                       brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(glom_skb);
> -                       goto done;
> -               }
> -
> -               skb_queue_walk(pktq, skb) {
> -                       memcpy(skb->data, glom_skb->data, skb->len);
> -                       skb_pull(glom_skb, skb->len);

> +               if (!err) {

This is not so often in use type of pattern.

> +                       skb_queue_walk(pktq, skb) {
> +                               memcpy(skb->data, glom_skb->data, skb->len);
> +                               skb_pull(glom_skb, skb->len);
> +                       }
>                 }

> +               brcmu_pkt_buf_free_skb(glom_skb);

Can we just add this one line instead or I'm missing something?

>         } else
>                 err = brcmf_sdiod_sglist_rw(sdiodev, SDIO_FUNC_2, false, addr,
>                                             pktq);



-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko