netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak in hci_update_adv

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2023 15:05:11 +0800
From:   shaozhengchao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-bluetooth@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <marcel@...tmann.org>, <johan.hedberg@...il.com>,
        <luiz.dentz@...il.com>, <davem@...emloft.net>,
        <edumazet@...gle.com>, <kuba@...nel.org>, <pabeni@...hat.com>
CC:     <brian.gix@...el.com>, <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        <yuehaibing@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix memory leak in
 hci_update_adv_data()


Sorry for Repeatedly senting. Please ignore this patch.

On 2023/1/10 14:44, Zhengchao Shao wrote:
> When hci_cmd_sync_queue() failed in hci_update_adv_data(), inst_ptr is
> not freed, which will cause memory leak. ERR_PTR/PTR_ERR is used to
> replace memory allocation to simplify code.
> 
> Fixes: 651cd3d65b0f ("Bluetooth: convert hci_update_adv_data to hci_sync")
> Signed-off-by: Zhengchao Shao <shaozhengchao@...wei.com>
> ---
> v2: Use ERR_PTR/PTR_ERR to replace memory allocation
> ---
>   net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c | 10 ++--------
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
> index 9e2d7e4b850c..8744bbecac9e 100644
> --- a/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
> +++ b/net/bluetooth/hci_sync.c
> @@ -6187,20 +6187,14 @@ int hci_get_random_address(struct hci_dev *hdev, bool require_privacy,
>   
>   static int _update_adv_data_sync(struct hci_dev *hdev, void *data)
>   {
> -	u8 instance = *(u8 *)data;
> -
> -	kfree(data);
> +	u8 instance = PTR_ERR(data);
>   
>   	return hci_update_adv_data_sync(hdev, instance);
>   }
>   
>   int hci_update_adv_data(struct hci_dev *hdev, u8 instance)
>   {
> -	u8 *inst_ptr = kmalloc(1, GFP_KERNEL);
> -
> -	if (!inst_ptr)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> +	u8 *inst_ptr = ERR_PTR(instance);
>   
> -	*inst_ptr = instance;
>   	return hci_cmd_sync_queue(hdev, _update_adv_data_sync, inst_ptr, NULL);
>   }