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Message-ID: <20221106162724.dwlwep32wxkcxd5z@pengutronix.de>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 17:27:24 +0100
From: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
To: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>,
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Thorsten Scherer <t.scherer@...elmann.de>,
kernel@...gutronix.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH] siox: fix possible memory leak in siox_device_add()
Hello,
On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 10:13:34AM +0800, Yang Yingliang wrote:
> If device_register() returns error in siox_device_add(),
> the name allocated by dev_set_name() need be freed. As
> comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device()
> to give up the reference in the error path. So fix this
> by calling put_device(), then the name can be freed in
> kobject_cleanup(), and sdevice is freed in siox_device_release(),
> set it to null in error path.
>
> Fixes: bbecb07fa0af ("siox: new driver framework for eckelmann SIOX")
> Signed-off-by: Yang Yingliang <yangyingliang@...wei.com>
> ---
> drivers/siox/siox-core.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/siox/siox-core.c b/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
> index 7c4f32d76966..561408583b2b 100644
> --- a/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/siox/siox-core.c
> @@ -839,6 +839,8 @@ static struct siox_device *siox_device_add(struct siox_master *smaster,
>
> err_device_register:
> /* don't care to make the buffer smaller again */
> + put_device(&sdevice->dev);
> + sdevice = NULL;
The problem is real and the fix works as intended. I don't like the
necessity to set sdevice to NULL, but that's the easiest approach here,
so:
Reviewed-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
> err_buf_alloc:
> siox_master_unlock(smaster);
@gregkh: Could you pick up this patch please[1]? While I don't consider it
very urgent, it's technically a fix. I don't care much if it goes in now
or during the next merge window.
Best regards
Uwe
[1] the original Message-Id is
20221104021334.618189-1-yangyingliang@...wei.com. Maybe this helps
you to apply the patch even if you didn't get a Cc.
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