linux-kernel - Re: memory leak in exfat_parse

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Message-ID: <20200602162808.GK23230@ZenIV.linux.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 2 Jun 2020 17:28:08 +0100
From:   Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
To:     butt3rflyh4ck <butterflyhuangxx@...il.com>
Cc:     namjae.jeon@...sung.com, sj1557.seo@...sung.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
Subject: Re: memory leak in exfat_parse_param

On Tue, Jun 02, 2020 at 01:03:05PM +0800, butt3rflyh4ck wrote:
> I report a bug (in linux-5.7.0-rc7) found by syzkaller.
> 
> kernel config: https://github.com/butterflyhack/syzkaller-fuzz/blob/master/config-v5.7.0-rc7
> 
> and can reproduce.
> 
> A param->string held by exfat_mount_options.

Humm...

	First of all, exfat_free() ought to call exfat_free_upcase_table().
What's more, WTF bother with that kstrdup(), anyway?  Just steal the string
and be done with that...

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
---
diff --git a/fs/exfat/super.c b/fs/exfat/super.c
index 0565d5539d57..01cd7ed1614d 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/super.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/super.c
@@ -259,9 +259,8 @@ static int exfat_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
 		break;
 	case Opt_charset:
 		exfat_free_iocharset(sbi);
-		opts->iocharset = kstrdup(param->string, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!opts->iocharset)
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		opts->iocharset = param->string;
+		param->string = NULL;
 		break;
 	case Opt_errors:
 		opts->errors = result.uint_32;
@@ -611,7 +610,10 @@ static int exfat_get_tree(struct fs_context *fc)
 
 static void exfat_free(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
-	kfree(fc->s_fs_info);
+	struct exfat_sb_info *sbi = fc->s_fs_info;
+
+	exfat_free_iocharset(sbi);
+	kfree(sbi);
 }
 
 static const struct fs_context_operations exfat_context_ops = {