linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2022 16:25:02 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Nam Cao <namcaov@...il.com>, Ji-Hun Kim <ji_hun.kim@...sung.com>
Cc:     forest@...ttletooquiet.net, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: vt6655: fix potential memory leak

On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 04:13:39PM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> In function device_init_td0_ring, memory is allocated for member
> td_info of priv->apTD0Rings[i], with i increasing from 0. In case of
> allocation failure, the memory is freed in reversed order, with i
> decreasing to 0. However, the case i=0 is left out and thus memory is
> leaked.
> 
> Modify the memory freeing loop to include the case i=0.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nam Cao <namcaov@...il.com>

Looks good.  Please add a Fixes tag, and CC all the people who were
involved with the original patch so they can review it.

Fixes: 5341ee0adb17 ("staging: vt6655: check for memory allocation failures")

I actually wrote that buggy code and Ji-Hun copied it from me, so my
bad.  Sorry!

regards,
dan carpenter