linux-kernel - [PATCH] tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Fix file descriptor leak in isolate

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Message-ID: <20260115100333.171244-1-mrout@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:33:33 +0530
From: Malaya Kumar Rout <mrout@...hat.com>
To: srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com
Cc: mrout@...hat.com,
	malayarout91@...il.com,
	platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Fix file descriptor leak in isolate_cpus()

The file descriptor opened in isolate_cpus() when (!level) is true was
not being closed before returning, causing a file descriptor leak in
both the error path and the success path.

When write() fails at line 950, the function returns at line 953 without
closing the file descriptor. Similarly, on success, the function returns
at line 956 without closing the file descriptor.

Add close(fd) calls before both return statements to fix the resource
leak. This follows the same pattern used elsewhere in the same function
where file descriptors are properly closed before returning (see lines
1005 and 1027).

Fixes: 997074df658e ("tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select: Use cgroup v2 isolation")
Signed-off-by: Malaya Kumar Rout <mrout@...hat.com>
---
 tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select/isst-config.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select/isst-config.c b/tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select/isst-config.c
index 558138eea75e..d00d15490a98 100644
--- a/tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select/isst-config.c
+++ b/tools/power/x86/intel-speed-select/isst-config.c
@@ -950,9 +950,11 @@ int isolate_cpus(struct isst_id *id, int mask_size, cpu_set_t *cpu_mask, int lev
 		ret = write(fd, "member", strlen("member"));
 		if (ret == -1) {
 			printf("Can't update to member\n");
+			close(fd);
 			return ret;
 		}

+		close(fd);
 		return 0;
 	}

-- 
2.52.0