linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak of object fifo on error return

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Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 15:32:40 +0100
From:   Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     VMware Graphics <linux-graphics-maintainer@...are.com>,
        Roland Scheidegger <sroland@...are.com>,
        Zack Rusin <zackr@...are.com>, David Airlie <airlied@...ux.ie>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] drm/vmwgfx: Fix memory leak of object fifo on error
 return

On 14/05/2021 15:30, Dan Carpenter wrote:
> On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 08:56:09PM +0100, Colin King wrote:
>> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>>
>> In the case where fifo->static_buffer fails to be allocated the
>> error return path neglects to kfree the fifo object. Fix this by
>> adding in the missing kfree.
>>
>> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
>> Fixes: 2cd80dbd3551 ("drm/vmwgfx: Add basic support for SVGA3")
>> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>> ---
>>  drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmd.c | 4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmd.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmd.c
>> index 027d7d504e78..e5fa210f589e 100644
>> --- a/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmd.c
>> +++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmd.c
>> @@ -107,8 +107,10 @@ struct vmw_fifo_state *vmw_fifo_create(struct vmw_private *dev_priv)
>>  	fifo = kzalloc(sizeof(*fifo), GFP_KERNEL);
> 
> This needs an:
> 
> 	if (!fifo)
> 		return -ENOMEM;

Doh, I completely missed that. I'll send a V2. Thanks Dan.

> 
>>  	fifo->static_buffer_size = VMWGFX_FIFO_STATIC_SIZE;
>>  	fifo->static_buffer = vmalloc(fifo->static_buffer_size);
>> -	if (unlikely(fifo->static_buffer == NULL))
>> +	if (unlikely(fifo->static_buffer == NULL)) {
>> +		kfree(fifo);
>>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>> +	}
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
>