linux-kernel - [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: Fix a memory leak bug

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Date:   Sun, 18 Aug 2019 02:28:40 -0500
From:   Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
To:     Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
Cc:     Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@...tlin.com>,
        Richard Weinberger <richard@....at>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Marek Vasut <marek.vasut@...il.com>,
        Vignesh Raghavendra <vigneshr@...com>,
        Boris Brezillon <bbrezillon@...nel.org>,
        Frieder Schrempf <frieder.schrempf@...tron.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Allison Randal <allison@...utok.net>,
        Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org (open list:NAND FLASH SUBSYSTEM),
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list)
Subject: [PATCH] mtd: rawnand: Fix a memory leak bug

In nand_scan_bbt(), a temporary buffer 'buf' is allocated through
vmalloc(). However, if check_create() fails, 'buf' is not deallocated,
leading to a memory leak bug. To fix this issue, free 'buf' before
returning the error.

Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
---
 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_bbt.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_bbt.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_bbt.c
index 2ef15ef..864a00a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_bbt.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/nand_bbt.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ static int nand_scan_bbt(struct nand_chip *this, struct nand_bbt_descr *bd)
 	buf = vmalloc(len);
 	if (!buf) {
 		res = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err;
+		goto err_free_bbt;
 	}
 
 	/* Is the bbt at a given page? */
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ static int nand_scan_bbt(struct nand_chip *this, struct nand_bbt_descr *bd)
 
 	res = check_create(this, buf, bd);
 	if (res)
-		goto err;
+		goto err_free_buf;
 
 	/* Prevent the bbt regions from erasing / writing */
 	mark_bbt_region(this, td);
@@ -1268,7 +1268,9 @@ static int nand_scan_bbt(struct nand_chip *this, struct nand_bbt_descr *bd)
 	vfree(buf);
 	return 0;
 
-err:
+err_free_buf:
+	vfree(buf);
+err_free_bbt:
 	kfree(this->bbt);
 	this->bbt = NULL;
 	return res;
-- 
2.7.4