linux-kernel - [PATCH] cxgb4: fix a memory leak bug

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Date:   Tue, 13 Aug 2019 04:18:52 -0500
From:   Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
To:     Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
Cc:     Vishal Kulkarni <vishal@...lsio.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org (open list:CXGB4 ETHERNET DRIVER (CXGB4)),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] cxgb4: fix a memory leak bug

In blocked_fl_write(), 't' is not deallocated if bitmap_parse_user() fails,
leading to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free t before returning
the error.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
---
 drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c
index 0295903..d692251 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_debugfs.c
@@ -3236,8 +3236,10 @@ static ssize_t blocked_fl_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	err = bitmap_parse_user(ubuf, count, t, adap->sge.egr_sz);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		kvfree(t);
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	bitmap_copy(adap->sge.blocked_fl, t, adap->sge.egr_sz);
 	kvfree(t);
-- 
2.7.4