Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] nvmem: fix another memory leak in error path

From: Srinivas Kandagatla
Date: Tue Feb 18 2020 - 04:47:17 EST




On 18/02/2020 09:42, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote:
From: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

The nvmem struct is only freed on the first error check after its
allocation and leaked after that. Fix it with a new label.

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <bgolaszewski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

looks like 1/7 introduced the bug and 2/7 fixes it.
IMO, you should 1/7 and 2/7 should be single patch.

--srini

---
drivers/nvmem/core.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvmem/core.c b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
index b0be03d5f240..c9b3f4047154 100644
--- a/drivers/nvmem/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvmem/core.c
@@ -343,10 +343,8 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
rval = ida_simple_get(&nvmem_ida, 0, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (rval < 0) {
- kfree(nvmem);
- return ERR_PTR(rval);
- }
+ if (rval < 0)
+ goto err_free_nvmem;
if (config->wp_gpio)
nvmem->wp_gpio = config->wp_gpio;
else
@@ -432,6 +430,8 @@ struct nvmem_device *nvmem_register(const struct nvmem_config *config)
put_device(&nvmem->dev);
err_ida_remove:
ida_simple_remove(&nvmem_ida, nvmem->id);
+err_free_nvmem:
+ kfree(nvmem);
return ERR_PTR(rval);
}