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 17:17:28 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     Nam Cao <namcaov@...il.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 04:42:05PM +0200, Nam Cao wrote:
> I did not realize this initially, but this bug can cause more serious problem
> than just a memory leak. In the case that kzalloc fails right from the
> beginning with i=0; then in the while loop, "i" will wrap around and the code
> will access priv->apTD0Rings[4294967295] which is obviously not good.
> 

True.  You probably want to resend with that added to the commit
message.  I will create a Smatch check to prevent these in the future.

regards,
dan carpenter