linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][next] media: uvcvideo: Fix memory leak of object map on error exit path

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Date:   Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:51:01 +0200
From:   Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>
To:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Cc:     Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][next] media: uvcvideo: Fix memory leak of object map on
 error exit path

Hi Collin

Thanks for catching it up.

On Fri, 17 Sept 2021 at 13:49, Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com> wrote:
>
> From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
>
> Currently when the allocation of map->name fails the error exit path
> does not kfree the previously allocated object map. Fix this by
> setting ret to -ENOMEM and taking the free_map exit error path to
> ensure map is kfree'd.
>
> Addresses-Coverity: ("Resource leak")
> Fixes: 07adedb5c606 ("media: uvcvideo: Use control names from framework")
> Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>
Reviewed-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@...omium.org>

> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
> index f4e4aff8ddf7..711556d13d03 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/uvc/uvc_v4l2.c
> @@ -44,8 +44,10 @@ static int uvc_ioctl_ctrl_map(struct uvc_video_chain *chain,
>         if (v4l2_ctrl_get_name(map->id) == NULL) {
>                 map->name = kmemdup(xmap->name, sizeof(xmap->name),
>                                     GFP_KERNEL);
> -               if (!map->name)
> -                       return -ENOMEM;
> +               if (!map->name) {
> +                       ret = -ENOMEM;
> +                       goto free_map;
> +               }
>         }
>         memcpy(map->entity, xmap->entity, sizeof(map->entity));
>         map->selector = xmap->selector;
> --
> 2.32.0
>


--
Ricardo Ribalda