linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: vsp1: fix memory leak of dl on error return path

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Message-ID: <22ff8757-fd79-a279-f55e-fc7c8d204a60@canonical.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Jul 2019 13:12:37 +0100
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     kieran.bingham+renesas@...asonboard.com,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, linux-renesas-soc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: vsp1: fix memory leak of dl on error return path

On 29/07/2019 13:11, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> Hi Colin,
> 
> On 28/07/2019 18:11, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>
>> Currently when the call vsp1_dl_body_get fails and returns null the
>> error return path leaks the allocation of dl. Fix this by kfree'ing
>> dl before returning.
> 
> Eeep. This does indeed look to be the case.
> 
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
>> Fixes: 5d7936b8e27d ("media: vsp1: Convert display lists to use new body pool")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> 
> Thank you!

Thank static analysis :-)

> 
> Reviewed-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham+renesas@...asonboard.com>
> 
> 
>> ---
>>  drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c | 4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
>> index 104b6f514536..d7b43037e500 100644
>> --- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
>> +++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_dl.c
>> @@ -557,8 +557,10 @@ static struct vsp1_dl_list *vsp1_dl_list_alloc(struct vsp1_dl_manager *dlm)
>>  
>>  	/* Get a default body for our list. */
>>  	dl->body0 = vsp1_dl_body_get(dlm->pool);
>> -	if (!dl->body0)
>> +	if (!dl->body0) {
>> +		kfree(dl);
>>  		return NULL;
>> +	}
>>  
>>  	header_offset = dl->body0->max_entries * sizeof(*dl->body0->entries);
>>  
>>
>