linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 3/7] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make

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Date:   Fri, 15 Oct 2021 23:02:25 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 3/7] bootconfig: init: Fix memblock leak in xbc_make_cmdline()

From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>

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

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/163177339181.682366.8713781325929549256.stgit@devnote2

Fixes: 51887d03aca1 ("bootconfig: init: Allow admin to use bootconfig for kernel command line")
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 init/main.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 81a79a77db46..3c4054a95545 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ static char * __init xbc_make_cmdline(const char *key)
 	ret = xbc_snprint_cmdline(new_cmdline, len + 1, root);
 	if (ret < 0 || ret > len) {
 		pr_err("Failed to print extra kernel cmdline.\n");
+		memblock_free_ptr(new_cmdline, len + 1);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
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