linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/5] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in setup_boot

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Date:   Wed, 15 Sep 2021 09:53:21 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in setup_boot_config()

Free unused memblock in a error case to fix memblock leak
in setup_boot_config().

Fixes: 7684b8582c24 ("bootconfig: Load boot config from the tail of initrd")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
---
 init/main.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 0b054fff8e92..4f059fde1df0 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
 		else
 			pr_err("Failed to parse bootconfig: %s at %d.\n",
 				msg, pos);
+		memblock_free_ptr(copy, size + 1);
 	} else {
 		pr_info("Load bootconfig: %d bytes %d nodes\n", size, ret);
 		/* keys starting with "kernel." are passed via cmdline */