RE: [PATCH] driver: uio: fix possible memory leak in uio_open

From: liujian (CE)
Date: Wed Jan 02 2019 - 01:56:15 EST






> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Xiubo Li
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2019 2:37 PM
> To: liujian (CE) <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] driver: uio: fix possible memory leak in uio_open
>
> On 2019/1/3 0:26, liujian wrote:
> > Fixes: 57c5f4df0a5a ("uio: fix crash after the device is
> > unregistered")
> > Signed-off-by: liujian <liujian56@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/uio/uio.c | 3 ++-
> > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio.c b/drivers/uio/uio.c index
> > 5c10fc7..bde7d7a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/uio/uio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/uio/uio.c
> > @@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ static int uio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file
> *filep)
> > if (!idev->info) {
> > mutex_unlock(&idev->info_lock);
> > ret = -EINVAL;
> > - goto err_alloc_listener;
> > + goto err_infoopen;
> > }
> >
> > if (idev->info && idev->info->open) @@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ static int
> > uio_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filep)
> > return 0;
> >
> > err_infoopen:
>
> Maybe we should rename the "err_infoopen" to something like
> "err_idev_info"...
>
Yes, it's better to change this, I will send v2, thank you~

Best Regards,
liujian

> Thanks.
>
> BRs
>
> > + filep->private_data = NULL;
> > kfree(listener);
> >
> > err_alloc_listener:
>