[PATCH 5.3 165/166] 9p/cache.c: Fix memory leak in v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Oct 06 2019 - 13:55:07 EST


From: Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 962a991c5de18452d6c429d99f3039387cf5cbb0 upstream.

v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie assigns a random cachetag to v9ses->cachetag,
if the cachetag is not assigned previously.

v9fs_random_cachetag allocates memory to v9ses->cachetag with kmalloc and uses
scnprintf to fill it up with a cachetag.

But if scnprintf fails, v9ses->cachetag is not freed in the current
code causing a memory leak.

Fix this by freeing v9ses->cachetag it v9fs_random_cachetag fails.

This was reported by syzbot, the link to the report is below:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f012bdf297a7a4c860c38a88b44fbee43fd9bbf3

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190522194519.GA5313@bharath12345-Inspiron-5559
Reported-by: syzbot+3a030a73b6c1e9833815@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Bharath Vedartham <linux.bhar@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dominique Martinet <dominique.martinet@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/9p/cache.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/9p/cache.c
+++ b/fs/9p/cache.c
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ void v9fs_cache_session_get_cookie(struc
if (!v9ses->cachetag) {
if (v9fs_random_cachetag(v9ses) < 0) {
v9ses->fscache = NULL;
+ kfree(v9ses->cachetag);
+ v9ses->cachetag = NULL;
return;
}
}