linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] ubifs: dent: Fix some potential memory leaks while iterating entries

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Date:   Mon, 1 Jun 2020 17:10:37 +0800
From:   Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-mtd@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <richard@....at>, <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ubifs: dent: Fix some potential memory leaks while iterating entries

Fix some potential memory leaks in error handling branches while
iterating dent entries. For example, function dbg_check_dir()
forgets to free pdent if it exists.

Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@...wei.com>
Cc: <Stable@...r.kernel.org>
Fixes: 1e51764a3c2ac05a2 ("UBIFS: add new flash file system")
---
 fs/ubifs/debug.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/debug.c b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
index 0f5a480fe264..b4a3abf54df7 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/debug.c
@@ -1123,6 +1123,7 @@ int dbg_check_dir(struct ubifs_info *c, const struct inode *dir)
 			err = PTR_ERR(dent);
 			if (err == -ENOENT)
 				break;
+			kfree(pdent);
 			return err;
 		}
 
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2.25.4