linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] led: triggers: Fix a memory leak bug

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Date:   Tue, 20 Aug 2019 20:27:36 +0200
From:   Jacek Anaszewski <jacek.anaszewski@...il.com>
To:     Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
Cc:     Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, Dan Murphy <dmurphy@...com>,
        "open list:LED SUBSYSTEM" <linux-leds@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] led: triggers: Fix a memory leak bug

Hi Wenwen,

Thank you for the patch.

On 8/19/19 10:41 PM, Wenwen Wang wrote:
> In led_trigger_set(), 'event' is allocated in kasprintf(). However, it is
> not deallocated in the following execution if the label 'err_activate' or
> 'err_add_groups' is entered, leading to memory leaks. To fix this issue,
> free 'event' before returning the error.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wenwen Wang <wenwen@...uga.edu>
> ---
>  drivers/leds/led-triggers.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> index 8d11a5e..eff1bda 100644
> --- a/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> +++ b/drivers/leds/led-triggers.c
> @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ int led_trigger_set(struct led_classdev *led_cdev, struct led_trigger *trig)
>  	list_del(&led_cdev->trig_list);
>  	write_unlock_irqrestore(&led_cdev->trigger->leddev_list_lock, flags);
>  	led_set_brightness(led_cdev, LED_OFF);
> +	kfree(event);
>  
>  	return ret;
>  }
> 

Added tag:

Fixes: 52c47742f79d ("leds: triggers: send uevent when changing triggers")

and applied.

-- 
Best regards,
Jacek Anaszewski