linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] vdpa/mlx5: Fix resource leak of mgtdev due to incorrect kfree

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Date:   Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:50:14 +0800
From:   Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Parav Pandit <parav@...dia.com>,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc:     kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] vdpa/mlx5: Fix resource leak of mgtdev due to
 incorrect kfree


在 2021/4/13 上午12:28, Colin King 写道:
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Static analysis is reporting a memory leak on mgtdev, it appears
> that the wrong object is being kfree'd. Fix this by kfree'ing
> mgtdev rather than mdev.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: c8a2d4c73e70 ("vdpa/mlx5: Enable user to add/delete vdpa device")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
> ---
>   drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c | 2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> index 10c5fef3c020..25533db01f5f 100644
> --- a/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> +++ b/drivers/vdpa/mlx5/net/mlx5_vnet.c
> @@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ static int mlx5v_probe(struct auxiliary_device *adev,
>   	return 0;
>   
>   reg_err:
> -	kfree(mdev);
> +	kfree(mgtdev);
>   	return err;
>   }
>   


Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>