netdev - reply: memory leak in posix_clock

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Message-ID: <86496b3b336544f2b8f9d1932599a4af@qianxin.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:00:17 +0000
From: 柳菁峰 <liujingfeng@...nxin.com>
To: Z qiang <qiang.zhang1211@...il.com>
CC: "richardcochran@...il.com" <richardcochran@...il.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"syzkaller@...glegroups.com" <syzkaller@...glegroups.com>,
	"secalert@...hat.com" <secalert@...hat.com>
Subject: reply: memory leak in posix_clock_open

>
>Please try the following modifications:
>
>diff --git a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c index 9de66bbbb3d1..71d9d8c394fa 100644
>--- a/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
>+++ b/kernel/time/posix-clock.c
>@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ static int posix_clock_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *fp)
>
>        if (!err) {
>                get_device(clk->dev);
>+       } else {
>+               kfree(pccontext);
>        }
> out:
>        up_read(&clk->rwsem);

I tested it, it was all right and fixed the memory leak.
Thanks.