linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in kmem_cache

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Date:   Tue, 5 Oct 2021 12:02:52 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        cl@...ux.com, penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com,
        iamjoonsoo.kim@....com
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, faiyazm@...eaurora.org,
        andreyknvl@...il.com, ryabinin.a.a@...il.com, thgarnie@...gle.com,
        keescook@...omium.org, bharata@...ux.ibm.com, guro@...com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] mm, slub: fix potential memoryleak in
 kmem_cache_open()

On 9/16/21 14:39, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> In error path, the random_seq of slub cache might be leaked. Fix this by
> using __kmem_cache_release() to release all the relevant resources.
> 
> Fixes: 210e7a43fa90 ("mm: SLUB freelist randomization")
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>

> ---
>  mm/slub.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index a56a6423d4e8..bf1793fb4ce5 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -4210,8 +4210,8 @@ static int kmem_cache_open(struct kmem_cache *s, slab_flags_t flags)
>  	if (alloc_kmem_cache_cpus(s))
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	free_kmem_cache_nodes(s);
>  error:
> +	__kmem_cache_release(s);
>  	return -EINVAL;
>  }
>  
>