linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] staging: r8188eu: fix potential memory leak in rtw_os_xmit_resource

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Message-ID: <tencent_525C5EC9EBBF0CC494993AB78C438E822005@qq.com>
Date:   Wed,  6 Apr 2022 11:48:03 +0800
From:   xkernel.wang@...mail.com
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, phil@...lpotter.co.uk,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] staging: r8188eu: fix potential memory leak in rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc()

From: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>

In rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(), if `pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[i]` is  
allocated in failure, the other resources allocated such as 
`pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf` allocated by kzalloc() and the other explored 
items allocated by usb_alloc_urb() will not be properly released.

To release the resources, this patch first re-explores the allocated 
items and uses usb_free_urb() to release them, then uses kree() to 
release `pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf`.

Signed-off-by: Xiaoke Wang <xkernel.wang@...mail.com>
---
ChangeLog:
v1->v2 update the description.
 drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
index 8c3f8f0..5a59f62 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
@@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ int rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(struct adapter *padapter, struct xmit_buf *pxmitb
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
 		pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[i] = usb_alloc_urb(0, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[i])
+		if (!pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[i]) {
+			while (i-- > 0)
+				usb_free_urb(pxmitbuf->pxmit_urb[i]);
+			kfree(pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf);
 			return _FAIL;
+		}
 	}
 	return _SUCCESS;
 }
--