linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] hid: elo: fix memory leak in elo

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Date:   Mon, 24 Jan 2022 09:04:11 +0100 (CET)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Dongliang Mu <dzm91@...t.edu.cn>
cc:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        Salah Triki <salah.triki@...il.com>,
        Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@...il.com>,
        syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hid: elo: fix memory leak in elo_probe

On Sat, 22 Jan 2022, Dongliang Mu wrote:

> From: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@...il.com>
> 
> When hid_parse in elo_probe fails, it forgets to call usb_put_dev to
> decrease the refcount.
> 
> Fix this by adding usb_put_dev in the error handling code of elo_probe
> 
> Fixes: fbf42729d0e9 ("HID: elo: update the reference count of the usb device structure")
> Reported-by: syzkaller <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dongliang Mu <mudongliangabcd@...il.com>
> ---
>  drivers/hid/hid-elo.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c b/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c
> index 8e960d7b233b..9b42b0cdeef0 100644
> --- a/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c
> +++ b/drivers/hid/hid-elo.c
> @@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ static int elo_probe(struct hid_device *hdev, const struct hid_device_id *id)
>  
>  	return 0;
>  err_free:
> +	usb_put_dev(udev);
>  	kfree(priv);
>  	return ret;

Applied, thank you.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs