linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] tty: serial: 8250: serial_cs: Fix a memory leak in error handling path

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Date:   Tue, 25 May 2021 21:44:04 +0200
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jirislaby@...nel.org,
        lee.jones@...aro.org
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Subject: [PATCH v2] tty: serial: 8250: serial_cs: Fix a memory leak in error handling path

In the probe function, if the final 'serial_config()' fails, 'info' is
leaking.

Add a resource handling path to free this memory.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
---
v2: Use an error handling path instead of introducing some managed
    resources

I've not been able to find a Fixes tag. All I know is that it is old!
---
 drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c
index 63ea9c4da3d5..3708114343b0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/serial_cs.c
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ static int serial_resume(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 static int serial_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 {
 	struct serial_info *info;
+	int ret;
 
 	dev_dbg(&link->dev, "serial_attach()\n");
 
@@ -320,7 +321,15 @@ static int serial_probe(struct pcmcia_device *link)
 	if (do_sound)
 		link->config_flags |= CONF_ENABLE_SPKR;
 
-	return serial_config(link);
+	ret = serial_config(link);
+	if (ret)
+		goto free_info;
+
+	return 0;
+
+free_info:
+	kfree(info);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void serial_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link)
-- 
2.30.2