Re: [PATCH][next] NTB: ntb_tool: fix memory leak on 'buf' on error exit path

From: Jon Mason
Date: Tue Jan 23 2018 - 23:06:59 EST


On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 01:02:39PM +0300, Serge Semin wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 09:38:57AM +0000, Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Currently there is a memory leak on buf when the call to ntb_mw_get_align
> > fails. Add an exit err label and jump to this so that kfree on buf frees
> > the memory.
> >
> > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1464286 ("Resource leak")
> >
> > Fixes: d637628ce00c ("NTB: ntb_tool: Add full multi-port NTB API support")
> > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Good catch, thanks!
>
> Acked-by: Serge Semin <fancer.lancer@xxxxxxxxx>

Applied to ntb-next

Thanks,
Jon

>
> > ---
> > drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
> > index 920fc9b161b0..d592c0ffbd19 100644
> > --- a/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
> > +++ b/drivers/ntb/test/ntb_tool.c
> > @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static ssize_t tool_mw_trans_read(struct file *filep, char __user *ubuf,
> > ret = ntb_mw_get_align(inmw->tc->ntb, inmw->pidx, inmw->widx,
> > &addr_align, &size_align, &size_max);
> > if (ret)
> > - return ret;
> > + goto err;
> >
> > off += scnprintf(buf + off, buf_size - off,
> > "Inbound MW \t%d\n",
> > @@ -694,6 +694,8 @@ static ssize_t tool_mw_trans_read(struct file *filep, char __user *ubuf,
> > &size_max);
> >
> > ret = simple_read_from_buffer(ubuf, size, offp, buf, off);
> > +
> > +err:
> > kfree(buf);
> >
> > return ret;
> > --
> > 2.15.1
> >