linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] IB/uverbs: Fix memleak in ib_uverbs_add

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Message-Id: <E59593D2-E7F5-4D41-B6DC-B8B8C55241CE@oracle.com>
Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 11:47:32 +0200
From:   Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>
To:     Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Doug Ledford <dledford@...hat.com>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>,
        Yishai Hadas <yishaih@...lanox.com>,
        Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
        Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>,
        Ariel Elior <ariel.elior@...vell.com>,
        Michal Kalderon <michal.kalderon@...vell.com>,
        OFED mailing list <linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/uverbs: Fix memleak in ib_uverbs_add_one



> On 21 Aug 2020, at 10:10, Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn> wrote:
> 
> When ida_alloc_max() fails, uverbs_dev should be freed
> just like when init_srcu_struct() fails. It's the same
> for the error paths after this call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dinghao Liu <dinghao.liu@....edu.cn>
> ---
> drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
> index 37794d88b1f3..c6b4e3e2aff6 100644
> --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
> +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_main.c
> @@ -1170,6 +1170,7 @@ static int ib_uverbs_add_one(struct ib_device *device)
> 		ib_uverbs_comp_dev(uverbs_dev);
> 	wait_for_completion(&uverbs_dev->comp);
> 	put_device(&uverbs_dev->dev);
> +	kfree(uverbs_dev);

Isn't this taken care of by the *release* function pointer, which happens to be ib_uverbs_release_dev() ?


Thxs, Håkon

> 	return ret;
> }
> 
> -- 
> 2.17.1
>