linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched/cpufreq: Fix kobject memleak

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-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:11:44 +1000
From:   "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     "Tobin C. Harding" <tobin@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] sched/cpufreq: Fix kobject memleak

Currently error return from kobject_init_and_add() is not followed by a
call to kobject_put().  This means there is a memory leak.

Add call to kobject_put() in error path of kobject_init_and_add().
---
 kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 5c41ea367422..3638d2377e3c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ static int sugov_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
+	kobject_put(&tunables->attr_set.kobj);
 	policy->governor_data = NULL;
 	sugov_tunables_free(tunables);
 
-- 
2.21.0