linux-kernel - [for-linus][PATCH 2/6] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event

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Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2022 09:47:54 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>,
        Beau Belgrave <beaub@...ux.microsoft.com>
Subject: [for-linus][PATCH 2/6] tracing/user_events: Fix memory leak in user_event_create()

From: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>

Before current_user_event_group(), it has allocated memory and save it
in @name, this should freed before return error.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221115014445.158419-1-xiujianfeng@huawei.com

Fixes: e5d271812e7a ("tracing/user_events: Move pages/locks into groups to prepare for namespaces")
Signed-off-by: Xiu Jianfeng <xiujianfeng@...wei.com>
Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Beau Belgrave <beaub@...ux.microsoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index ae78c2d53c8a..539b08ae7020 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1100,8 +1100,10 @@ static int user_event_create(const char *raw_command)
 
 	group = current_user_event_group();
 
-	if (!group)
+	if (!group) {
+		kfree(name);
 		return -ENOENT;
+	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&group->reg_mutex);
 
-- 
2.35.1