linux-kernel - [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: fix a memory leak in rtw_mp

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Message-Id: <20211209071905.125440-1-niejianglei2021@163.com>
Date:   Thu,  9 Dec 2021 15:19:05 +0800
From:   Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
To:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, straube.linux@...il.com,
        martin@...ser.cx
Cc:     linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
Subject: [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: fix a memory leak in rtw_mp_pwrtrk()

Line 5961 (#1) allocates a memory chunk for input by kmalloc().
Line 5966 (#2), line 5982 (#4) and line 5987 (#5) free the input
before the function returns while line 5979 (#3) forget to free it,
which will lead to a memory leak.

We should kfree() input in line 5979 (#3).

5953 static int rtw_mp_pwrtrk(struct net_device *dev,
5954 			struct iw_request_info *info,
5955 			struct iw_point *wrqu, char *extra)
5956 {
5961 	char	*input = kmalloc(wrqu->length, GFP_KERNEL);
	// #1: kmalloc space
5963 	if (!input)
5964 		return -ENOMEM;
5965 	if (copy_from_user(input, wrqu->pointer, wrqu->length)) {
5966 		kfree(input); // #2: kfree space
5967 		return -EFAULT;
5968	}

5973	if (strncmp(input, "stop", 4) == 0) {
5974		enable = 0;
5975		sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking stop");
5976	} else if (sscanf(input, "ther =%d", &thermal)) {
5977		ret = Hal_SetThermalMeter(padapter, (u8)thermal);
5978		if (ret == _FAIL)
5979			return -EPERM; // #3: missing kfree
5980		sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking start,
			target value =%d ok ", thermal);
5981	} else {
5982		kfree(input); // #4: kfree space
5983		return -EINVAL;
5984	}

5987	kfree(input); // #5: kfree space

5993	return 0;
5994 }

Signed-off-by: Jianglei Nie <niejianglei2021@....com>
---
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
index 1fd375076001..8f9e0f12c51f 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/ioctl_linux.c
@@ -5975,8 +5975,10 @@ static int rtw_mp_pwrtrk(struct net_device *dev,
 			sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking stop");
 		} else if (sscanf(input, "ther =%d", &thermal)) {
 				ret = Hal_SetThermalMeter(padapter, (u8)thermal);
-				if (ret == _FAIL)
+				if (ret == _FAIL) {
+					kfree(input);
 					return -EPERM;
+				}
 				sprintf(extra, "mp tx power tracking start, target value =%d ok ", thermal);
 		} else {
 			kfree(input);
-- 
2.25.1