linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8712: fix potential memory leak in _r8712_init_xmit

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Date:   Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:57:28 +0300
From:   Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:     xkernel.wang@...mail.com
Cc:     Larry.Finger@...inger.net, florian.c.schilhabel@...glemail.com,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] staging: rtl8712: fix potential memory leak in
 _r8712_init_xmit_priv()

On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 03:06:05PM +0800, xkernel.wang@...mail.com wrote:
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c
> index 090345b..dcf3f76 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8712/rtl871x_xmit.c
> @@ -117,11 +117,8 @@ int _r8712_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
>  	_init_queue(&pxmitpriv->pending_xmitbuf_queue);
>  	pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf =
>  		kmalloc(NR_XMITBUFF * sizeof(struct xmit_buf) + 4, GFP_ATOMIC);
> -	if (!pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf) {
> -		kfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf);
> -		pxmitpriv->pallocated_frame_buf = NULL;
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -	}
> +	if (!pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf)
> +		goto free_frame_buf;
>  	pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf = pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf + 4 -
>  			      ((addr_t)(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf) & 3);
>  	pxmitbuf = (struct xmit_buf *)pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf;
> @@ -130,12 +127,14 @@ int _r8712_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
>  		pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf =
>  			kmalloc(MAX_XMITBUF_SZ + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ, GFP_ATOMIC);
>  		if (!pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf)
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> +			goto free_xmitbuf;
>  		pxmitbuf->pbuf = pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ -
>  				 ((addr_t) (pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf) &
>  				 (XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ - 1));
> -		if (r8712_xmit_resource_alloc(padapter, pxmitbuf))
> -			return -ENOMEM;
> +		if (r8712_xmit_resource_alloc(padapter, pxmitbuf)) {
> +			kfree(pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf);
> +			goto free_xmitbuf;
> +		}
>  		list_add_tail(&pxmitbuf->list,
>  				 &(pxmitpriv->free_xmitbuf_queue.queue));


pxmitbuf points to somewhere in the middle of pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf.
We add it to the list here.

>  		pxmitbuf++;
> @@ -146,6 +145,18 @@ int _r8712_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv,
>  	init_hwxmits(pxmitpriv->hwxmits, pxmitpriv->hwxmit_entry);
>  	tasklet_setup(&pxmitpriv->xmit_tasklet, r8712_xmit_bh);
>  	return 0;
> +
> +free_xmitbuf:
> +	pxmitbuf = (struct xmit_buf *)pxmitpriv->pxmitbuf;
> +	while (i--) {
> +		r8712_xmit_resource_free(padapter, pxmitbuf);
> +		kfree(pxmitbuf->pallocated_buf);
> +		pxmitbuf++;
> +	}
> +	kfree(pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf);

But then we free pxmitpriv->pallocated_xmitbuf here but it the memory
is still on the list.  So that means there will be a use after free
eventually.

regards,
dan carpenter