linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] media: go7007: fix a memleak in go7007_load

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Message-ID: <4d453cd8-6cee-44f1-a14a-fc5ecdea1971@xs4all.nl>
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 10:26:26 +0100
From: Hans Verkuil <hverkuil-cisco@...all.nl>
To: Zhipeng Lu <alexious@....edu.cn>
Cc: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>, linux-media@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] media: go7007: fix a memleak in go7007_load_encoder

On 22/01/2024 18:25, Zhipeng Lu wrote:
> In go7007_load_encoder, bounce(i.e. go->boot_fw), is allocated without
> a deallocation thereafter. After the following call chain:
> 
> saa7134_go7007_init
>   |-> go7007_boot_encoder
>         |-> go7007_load_encoder
>   |-> kfree(go)
> 
> go is freed and thus bounce is leaked.

It doesn't look like you compiled this!

drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c: In function 'go7007_load_encoder':
drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c:112:17: warning: 'bounce' may be used uninitialized [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
  112 |                 kfree(bounce);
      |                 ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c:82:15: note: 'bounce' was declared here
   82 |         void *bounce;
      |               ^~~~~~

> 
> Fixes: 95ef39403f89 ("[media] go7007: remember boot firmware")
> Signed-off-by: Zhipeng Lu <alexious@....edu.cn>
> ---
>  drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c b/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c
> index 0c24e2984304..65d6a63068dc 100644
> --- a/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c
> +++ b/drivers/media/usb/go7007/go7007-driver.c
> @@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int go7007_load_encoder(struct go7007 *go)
>  	const struct firmware *fw_entry;
>  	char fw_name[] = "go7007/go7007fw.bin";
>  	void *bounce;
> -	int fw_len, rv = 0;
> +	int fw_len;
>  	u16 intr_val, intr_data;
>  
>  	if (go->boot_fw == NULL) {
> @@ -109,9 +109,10 @@ static int go7007_load_encoder(struct go7007 *go)
>  	    go7007_read_interrupt(go, &intr_val, &intr_data) < 0 ||
>  			(intr_val & ~0x1) != 0x5a5a) {
>  		v4l2_err(go, "error transferring firmware\n");
> -		rv = -1;
> +		kfree(bounce);

Just do kfree(go->boot_fw).

Regards,

	Hans

> +		return -1;
>  	}
> -	return rv;
> +	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  MODULE_FIRMWARE("go7007/go7007fw.bin");