linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix reference leak

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Message-Id: <20230925132557.72138-2-W_Armin@gmx.de>
Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2023 15:25:56 +0200
From:   Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
To:     markpearson@...ovo.com, jorge.lopez2@...com
Cc:     hdegoede@...hat.com, markgross@...nel.org,
        ilpo.jarvinen@...ux.intel.com, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix reference leak

If a duplicate attribute is found using kset_find_obj(), a reference
to that attribute is returned which needs to be disposed accordingly
using kobject_put(). Move the setting name validation into a separate
function to allow for this change without having to duplicate the
cleanup code for this setting.
As a side note, a very similar bug was fixed in
commit 7295a996fdab ("platform/x86: dell-sysman: Fix reference leak"),
so it seems that the bug was copied from that driver.

Compile-tested only.

Fixes: 1bcad8e510b2 ("platform/x86: think-lmi: Fix issues with duplicate attributes")
Signed-off-by: Armin Wolf <W_Armin@....de>
---
Changes in v2:
- no changes
---
 drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
index 4be6f28d4600..3a396b763c49 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/think-lmi.c
@@ -1344,6 +1344,24 @@ static void tlmi_release_attr(void)
 	kset_unregister(tlmi_priv.authentication_kset);
 }

+static int tlmi_validate_setting_name(struct kset *attribute_kset, char *name)
+{
+	struct kobject *duplicate;
+
+	if (!strcmp(name, "Reserved"))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	duplicate = kset_find_obj(attribute_kset, name);
+	if (duplicate) {
+		pr_debug("Duplicate attribute name found - %s\n", name);
+		/* kset_find_obj() returns a reference */
+		kobject_put(duplicate);
+		return -EBUSY;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int tlmi_sysfs_init(void)
 {
 	int i, ret;
@@ -1372,10 +1390,8 @@ static int tlmi_sysfs_init(void)
 			continue;

 		/* check for duplicate or reserved values */
-		if (kset_find_obj(tlmi_priv.attribute_kset, tlmi_priv.setting[i]->display_name) ||
-		    !strcmp(tlmi_priv.setting[i]->display_name, "Reserved")) {
-			pr_debug("duplicate or reserved attribute name found - %s\n",
-				tlmi_priv.setting[i]->display_name);
+		if (tlmi_validate_setting_name(tlmi_priv.attribute_kset,
+					       tlmi_priv.setting[i]->display_name) < 0) {
 			kfree(tlmi_priv.setting[i]->possible_values);
 			kfree(tlmi_priv.setting[i]);
 			tlmi_priv.setting[i] = NULL;
--
2.39.2